October is Texas Archaeology Awareness Month. To celebrate, the University of Texas at San Antonio Center for Archaeological Research in cooperation with the Institute of Texan Cultures at the University of Texas at San Antonio, will hold the second annual UTSA Archaeology Fair. The event is free and open to the public. The UTSA Archaeology Fair offers many hands-on activities for children of all ages, including pottery making and rock painting.
Visitors can also learn to throw a spear using an ancient tool, an atlatl.
Native American dancers and living history demonstrations will also be featured. Back by popular demand from last year is a complete mock dig where participants will learn how to excavate, clean and catalog artifacts as a professional archaeologist would.