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Tuesday, September 16, 1980
THE NORTH TEXAS DAILY—PAGE 5
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By BECKY HIKSCHHORN
Larry BanU, archaeologist for the U S
Army Corps of Engineers' regional office in
Dallas, says he has nothing against rain.
But he admits he's pleased this summer's
drought has allowed work to resume this
week on an archaeological site that is
normally beneath Lake Lewisville.
Dr. Dennis Stanford of the Smithsonian
Institution and his crew arc looking for
evidence to determine if a group of charred
clay pits at the site were hearths used by
prehistoric man.
Another explanation, which excludes the
presence of man, is that a forest fire burned
tree stumps or a group of woodrat nests.
Banks said.
The site was unearthed in 1951 while the
Corps was building the reservoir.
King Harris and Bill Crook, amateur
archaeologists, Olin McCormick, an
archaeologists from Dallas, were the only
ones working at the site until I956, when
heavy rains exposed more of the site and
attracted area archaeologists, said Olin
McCormick, an archaeologist with NT's
Institute of Applied Scicnces.
At that time, government agencies were
not required to investigate anthropological
or historical resources in a project area, he
said, adding that they are now required to do
so as a pari of environmental impact state-
ments.
Work continued through May of 1957,
when ruin filled the reservoir and submerged
the site, that didn't emerge until 1978.
Dr. Stanford's team, working with the
Corps, was at the site until I979 March, when
rain again covered the site.
Lvidenec gathered there over the years has
often raised more questions than it has
answered.
The original carbon dating of the pits
dated them at 37,500 years. A stone projectile
point was found in one of the pits, but it
could not be dated bccause it did not contain
carbon.
At that time, Crook and Harris believed
they probably had discovered the oldest
known artifact of man in the New World,
said Bob Burton of the Corps' Fori Worth
office.
But later discoveries caused scientists to
doubt the hypothesis. As evidence from
other sites was analyzed, archaeologists
determined that projectile points like the one
found in Lewisville were made 11,000 to
12,000 years ago by the Clovis Indians.
One theory suggested the Clovis point
might have been pushed into the pit by a bull-
dozer when the reservoir was being built, or
intentionally planted there to discredit the
discovery.
Although evidence in 1979 seemed to in-
dicate that the pits date from Clovis culture,
recent results from a new tresting method
dated the pits at K5.000 years, he said.
Or Stanford's team operating with the
Corps on a 550,000 federal contract, will
work al the site until winter covers it again.
Being at (he murcy of the elements is just
something the archaeologists have to live
with. Banks said.
Iranian debates suggest
possible hostage release
By The Associated Press
Iran's Parliament prepared Monday to
open debate on the American hostages amid
renewed calls for a U.S. apology and spy
trials.
A major Canadian newspaper said secret
negotiations for release of the 52 Americans
have been under way for three months in an
effort to solve the crisis before the U.S.
presidential elections.
President Carter, speaking in Corpus
Christi said recent statements by Iranian of-
ficials "might very well lead to resolution" of
the 10-month-old crisis soon. It was not clear
whether Carter had been informed by then of
Iran's reiteration Monday that the United
States must apologize for past actions.
Omission of an often-stated apology de-
mand from a list of conditions Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini announced Friday had
raised hopes in some quarters that the chances
of solution to the crisis had improved.
But Speaker of Parliament Hashemi Raf-
sanjani and two influential religious leaders
said the regime has not dropped its demand
that the United States apologize for past
policies toward Iran, a demand that Carter
has rejected in the past.
Iran's Parliament, which has authority to
decide what becomes of the hostages, is to
begin its debate Tuesday or Wednesday, ac-
cording to Iranian news media.
In a front-page editorial Monday, the
Islamic fundamentalist Ettelaat daily news
paper called for trial of the hostages.
President Abolhassan Bani-sadr has said he
oppposes such trials, but the Parliament, or
Majlis, is dominated by fundamentalist
Moslems opposed to his moderate views
In his Texas speech, Carter said he would
not engage in public negotiations, but gave no
indication whether his apparent optismism
was based on secret negotiations that the ad-
ministration has sought through a variety ol
intermediaries.
Committees set new targets
Group aids Denton culture
Committees of the Denton '80s com-
munity development program will have
their initial reports completed in Oc-
tober and final publication should be
sometime in November, Dr. Ray
Stephens of the history faculty said
Wednesday.
Developing cultural programs to in-
volve NT, TWU and the city of Denton
is one of the aims of Denton '80s, Dr.
Stephens said.
Dr. Stephens, member of Denton '80s
steering committee, said other programs
are designed to educate citizens and es-
tablish an ordinance to eliminate con-
flicts of interest in the city council.
"Denton '80s is a form of self-
regulation and review so that we can see
what has happened in the community,
what is being done, and what needs to be
improved," said Dr. Stephens.
As an organization designed to
improve Denton, its purpose is to study
interests of the city such as education,
government, transportation and com-
munication, Dr. Stephens said.
One of the projects dealing with
education, said Dr. Jerry Yeric, of the
political science faculty and chairman of
Denton '80s education committee, is a
series of lectures co-sponsored by the city
and the two universities.
"There would be a better chance of
having someone who is well-established
in whatever field we are concerned with
to come and speak if these groups would
all work together," Dr. Yeric said.
The program would be designed so
that the community could hear these
speakers and keep down the cost by
dividing it between NT, TWU and the
city, Dr. Yeric said.
The education committee is trying to
reduce the size of classes at Denton High
School. "We'd like to cut the number to
20 students per class. At present, class
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Inhibit of work by ccramicist Roger
Jamison. Union Gallery, through
Sept. 25
NT Gymnastics club organizational
meeting, Coliseum, gymnasitcs room.
NT Christian Fellowship meeting,
University Ministry ( enter
Sigma Delta C hi and I rcshman Press
( lub meeting, General Academics
building 114
Delta Sigma l'i business fraternity
rush party. IH22 Mulberry Street
Mortar Board meeting, IKI4 West-
ridge Street
( ampus ( rusade for C hrist meeting.
I niversity I nion 410
Diabetes l-xchange. organizational
meeting, I nivcrsity Union 417.
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numbers range from about 10-40 stu-
dents. We'd also like to hire part-time
personnel to improve the student-
teacher ratio," Dr. Yeric said.
Another plan is to have foreign stu-
dents speak about their countries. "We
have such great cultural opportunities
all around because of the great variety of
foreign students brought into the col-
leges. These opportunities, to learn from
first-hand experience about another
country, are simply slipping away," Dr.
Yeric said.
The committee advocates an or-
dinance to supplement the present code
of ethics to eliminate conflicts of interest
in the City Council. The ordinance
would state that any council member
having conflicting interests would forfeit
his position on the council, Dr. Stephens
said.
Clothes wager
to spark spirit
A three-way challenge has been made
between the student body presidents of
SMU, NT and UT-Arlington to drum
up student interest in the first three foot-
ball games of the season.
Selecting clothing types of their
respective student bodies, Phillip Wise
of SMU has bet a pair of khaki pants,
Steve Player of NT an Alligator sport
shirt and Greg Miller of UTA a cowboy
hat.
The winner will be determined by the
win/loss records among the three
schools, and will be announced after the
three-game series is completed on
September 27.
Campus Calendar
Oddball match
invites bribes,
benefitscenter
PORTSMOUTH, N il (AP) — In a
golf tournament where bribes are en-
couraged and first prize is a replica of a
dumpster, it's a little difficult to tell who
won
But the 70 or so costumed players in
the Second Annual Ceres Street Open
Invitational knew who benefitted. They
paid S75 apiece — plus a $ 10 registra-
tion fee for the required caddy — to fol-
low a roundabout course through the
streets and restaurants of Portsmouth
Sunday, all for the benefit of the Ports-
mouth Rehabilitation Center.
From the first tee, situated on a wharf
floating in the Piscataqua River, to the
13th and final hole, a chip shot into a
dumpster. the tournament specialized in
the unusual.
The three-quarter mile course took
players through streets, restaurants and
water pipes. In addition to clubs and
tennis rackets, the balls were occasional-
ly hit with pool cues.
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Whitehead, Mike. The North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 9, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 16, 1980, newspaper, September 16, 1980; Denton, TX. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth332506/m1/5/?q=Lamar+University: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.