Join Nick Morales for a presentation centering on how geology influenced the manufacturing of lithic tools in South Texas and Northern Mexico and how they are identified and used.Critical to the task of identification and use, this presentation will include information on archaeological methods employed in the lawful collection of artifacts and proper documentation. Additional information will be presented regarding the Ancients who lived in this area.
Nick Morales is a resident geologist of South Texas and Northern Mexico specializing in mineralogy, local geology and lithic (stone) artifacts.
He has undertaken research, along with faculty at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, in the geology and archaeology of this region. Morales was a guest lecturer in Geology and Environmental Sciences at the University of Texas–Pan American and the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. A student of geology, at the University of Texas-Pan American in the 70's Morales participant and sponsor of the University Geology Club for over 40 years. Current research projects include identifying minerals from Mexico, lithic tools of the area, employing XRD and pXRF technology, and documenting, photographing, authoring, and co-authoring articles on local geology and lithic artifacts. Morales has traveled extensively, having visited and explored six of the seven continents.
Morales is the Co-editor and cartographer of 1974 Guide to the Huizachal-Peregrina Anticlinorium, Pan American University; Author, illustrator and co-editor – Geomorthology of Real de Catorce, 1990 Guide to the Geology of the Real de Catorce Uplift, University of Texas – Pan American, and more.