An Evening with Dan Worrall about Bowser Mound, a Houston Cultural Treasure.
Schedule
Wed Sep 14 2022 at 06:00 pm to 08:30 pm
Location
Houston Racquet Club | Houston, TX
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WHO-The Harris County Historical Society presents WHAT- “An Evening with Dan Worrall about Bowser Mound, a Houston Cultural Treasure.
WHERE- The Houston Racquet Club 10709 Memorial Dr, Houston, TX 77024
WHEN- Wednesday September 14th
6:00pm to 6:30 pm social time.
Dinner starts at 6:30
Program starts at 7pm.
Members $30 and Guests $35.
RSVP is required Call (832) 839-0560 0r Email or PayPal [email protected]
PROGRAM-
Bowser Mound, a Houston Area Cultural Treasure, and a Southwestern Outpost of Eastern Woodlands Culture
Bowser Mound, 4 miles west of Fulshear, is the oldest manmade structure in the Houston region. It was used as a cemetery from about 3500 to 1600 years ago by people of the Late Archaic Lower Brazos Culture, who lived along the Lower Brazos and Colorado Rivers and their coastal deltas. They lived off shellfish and fish from the coast, and from bison and pecans from the interior prairies. Their burial artifacts define a culture that obtained copper from Lake Superior, ritual ‘boatstones’ from the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas, and chert knives for bison skinning from central Texas. In turn, they supplied ornaments made from marine shells as far inland as the Ohio Valley, the Great Lakes, and southern Canada. Their far-travelled trade routes appear to have resulted from spiritual travelers who brought sacred gifts from afar. The Bowser Mound is currently threatened by rampant urban development, and a group has been formed to help save this important piece of Houston’s history.
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Houston Racquet Club, 10709 Memorial Dr,Houston,TX,United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays: