WHAT'S WORTH SAVING: Not every artifact has a 
place in history ... [:02 " ... context and integrity."] 
 ... but you still need to leave it in its place. ... we 
explain ahead on Passport to Texas

This is Passport to Texas

TPW archaeologist, Chris Lintz, has to make 
decisions about artifacts from Texas' distant 
past; the significance of these items varies.

09 -- You're right that not every single artifact on the 
ground out there shares equal importance. The important 
ones are the ones that have context and integrity.

Soil surrounding artifacts provides context, 
and associating artifacts with integrity - or 
pristine surroundings -- allows archaeologists 
to interpret past lifeways.

29 -- Archaeological sites that are buried and sealed by 
flood deposits contain artifacts related to a single time 
period and a single event. And those are the best kinds of 
sites that we would love to try to preserve. Those that 
occur on mountaintops and hilltops might have artifacts 
from the entire 11-thousand years of pre-history, and we 
can't separate the different occupations out, so they're 
very difficult to interpret and contribute to the scientific 
base of the area.

But Chris Lintz cannot do that if the public disturbs 
sites or remove artifacts from parks or WMAs.

14 -- Please leave them alone. Leave them in place. But 
we'd also appreciate if you'd go back and talk to the 
people managing the resource, because you never know 
what's really going to be an important artifact that might 
help us interpret the resource we have out there.

That's our show ... For Texas Parks and Wildlife ... I'm 
Cecilia Nasti. 





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