2008 CoLA Events
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Texas Beyond History Launches New Cabeza de Vaca Exhibit
Date: August 30, 2007
TexasBeyondHistory.net, a virtual museum produced by the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory (TARL), introduced a new exhibit, "Learning from Cabeza de Vaca: Revelations about Hunter-Gatherer Foodways at the Dawn of Written History in Texas." The exhibit features early accounts of Texas' native peoples and plants reported by Cabeza de Vaca.
Shipwrecked on the Texas Gulf Coast in 1528, Cabeza de Vaca and his companions made their way from the shores near present-day Galveston to Mexico City during a seven-year ordeal. Alston Thoms, archeologist and professor of anthropology at Texas A and M university, contributes his expertise to the exhibit, providing fascinating glimpses of the native peoples de Vaca encountered and foods they hunted and gathered in harsh landscapes.