AUSTIN — After trying to raise the money to buy an archaeological dig site north of Austin, a University of Texas professor cashed out his personal savings to purchase the land and then donated it to the Archaeological Conservancy.
The 33-acre Gault site in Southwestern Bell County was one of the major areas of activity for the Clovis people in North America and contains relics that are as many as 13,500 years old, said Michael Collins, associate researcher at the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory at UT's J.J. Pickle Research Campus.
Gault Site Purchased and Donated
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Gault Site Purchased and Donated
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It's not that far from where Charlie is working.
Something is wrong here. War, disease, death, destruction, hunger, filth, poverty, torture, crime, corruption, and the Ice Capades. Something is definitely wrong. This is not good work. If this is the best God can do, I am not impressed.
-- George Carlin
-- George Carlin
The Gault site has had quite a few contributors over the years - i.e., contributions for funding the science. I would think that Collins would have gotten donations to buy it, but apparently not.
Another description of the Gault site: http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/gault/index.html
Michael Collins has been mentioned quite a few times in this forum regarding the search for the First Americans. He's done a very good deed for science.
Another description of the Gault site: http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/gault/index.html
Michael Collins has been mentioned quite a few times in this forum regarding the search for the First Americans. He's done a very good deed for science.