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HAS Member Meeting - Thursday, May 15th, 2025, 6:00 p.m.
Excavations at the Kirbee Kiln Site - Amy Goldstein
This month, we welcome as our speaker archeologist Amy Goldstein, of cultural resource management firm Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson in Austin. Amy will be speaking about her experiences as the primary investigator at the Kirbee Kiln site in Montgomery County from 2022-24, where she has worked alongside HAS members. Our group usually works at the site for a ten-day period each year. We hope to visit the site later this year or in the spring of 2026. Kirbee Kiln was one of the earliest commercial kilns to operate in Texas at a site just west of the town of Montgomery, producing alkaline-glazed products in traditional techniques brought from Edgefield, South Carolina. The large groundhog kiln and Kirbee family business operated from c. 1849-1860. The kiln was rediscovered and initially excavated in the early 1970s and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
Amy holds an undergraduate degree in history and anthropology from Middle Tennessee State University and a master’s degree in anthropology from the University of South Carolina. Since 2015, she has worked at several CRM firms in Texas, and has been with JMT for three years, serving as the section head for natural and cultural resources for Texas and neighboring states.
We hope to see you at the virtual meeting, as well as the upcoming TAS Field School or at the several ongoing HAS area projects.
Please note that the meeting will only be held for HAS members via ZOOM. DO NOT go to the Trini Mendenhall Community Center. I also hope to see you in the field at our various projects. For more information about this program or the Houston Archeological Society, please contact Bob Sewell at president@txhas.org.
HAS JOURNAL 144 NOW AVAILABLE
HAS Journal No. 144 is now available. The Journal Number 144 The articles will focus on the San Felipe de Austin Dig by John Lohse, Horseshoes in Texas, a Thimble from the 18th or 19th century from France found in Frosttown, and another article about Camp Kirby in Dickenson, TX, a civil war camp by Charly Gordy, ceramics from Cottonfield by Tim Perttula, and information from Mike Woods about a Butted Knife Found in Comal County. Complimentary copies may be obtained by HAS members at the monthly meetings. Non-HAS members may purchase copies through Amazon.com. Go to the HAS Journals Section for a link to the publication on the Amazon.com website. Alternatively, copies may be purchased at the HAS Monthly Meetings.
To learn more about the history behind our archeological society contact president@txhas.org.