The 2009 Field Season located over 40 features and 10,000 artifacts, demonstrating the material residue of the town is intact. Features included several pits as well as a possible ice house and privy (pictured above).
Recent Announcements
2011 TEXAS FIELD SCHOOLWe will be back in the field for a third season!The 2011 Texas Archaeological Field School will be running for six weeks from May 31 to July 8. If ...
Posted Apr 1, 2011 7:45 AM by Stephen Brighton
TEXAS PROJECT FEATURED IN "EARTH MAGAZINE"...Check out the PDF below to access "Earth" magazine featuring the 2009 excavations of the Irish enclave of Texas....
Posted Jun 15, 2010 11:32 AM by Stephen Brighton
2009 Texas Field School Site Report - PDF available...Here is the preliminary site report for last year's excavations. Currently, the artifacts from that field school are being labeled. Once complete we will quantify and qualify the artifacts ...
Posted Jun 15, 2010 11:08 AM by Stephen Brighton
19th-Century Store?The 2010 Field School has begun! We are now trying to look for the remains of a 19th century "store" that sat in the backlot of a home on railroad ...
Posted Jun 5, 2010 9:15 AM by Stephen Brighton
Texas and the Irish in the Media!
Hear about Dr. Stephen Brighton's involvement with archaeological work near Philadephia concerning Irish Immigrants!
University of Maryland Archaeology Students Help Piece Together History of Immigrants' Town! Check out the ...
Posted Apr 26, 2010 2:20 PM by Stephen Brighton
