Archeology Presentation: Amanda Danning, Forensic Sculptor

October is Texas Archeology Month.  The Sam Houston Memorial Museum welcomes forensic sculptor, Amanda Danning for an evening presentation, "Face to Face with the Son of America."  Ms. Danning will introduce the "Son of America," also known as SAM, one of the two most important athropological finds in North America in the last century.  Discovered buried in a cave near the Brazos River in Central Texas, SAM is estimated to be about 10,000 years old and not related to Native Americans of today.  Ms. Danning will describe her forensic sculpting technique, recount the story of how SAM was discovered, and explain the significance of the trove of artifacts that were found buried with him.