Articles and Videos

Throughout its many years, CoBALT Archeology has discovered a long series of fascinating artifacts and contributed to many articles. Have a look for yourself below!

  • Cleaning a Marginella Bead

    Cleaning a Marginella Bead

    Watch Bill Birmingham clean a marginella bead.

  • Linn Lake - Texas Beyond History

    Linn Lake - Texas Beyond History

    The shores of Linn Lake once were lit by the small campfires of hunters and gatherers drawn to the area's rich array of resources…

  • Linn Lake - Texas Beyond History

    Linn Lake - Texas Beyond History

    The 1992 excavations at the Guadalupe Bay site resulted in the largest collection of aboriginal ceramics ever analyzed from a site on the central Texas coast – 42,712 individual sherds…

  • MCB Livecast From the Site

    Livecast from Dig Site - Museum of the Coastal bend

    Spend a day with the MCB archaology crew!

  • Inside Look at the Archeology Lab

    Inside the Archeology Lab

    O.C. Garza leads viewers in a behind-the-scenes look at the museum's Public Archaeology Lab.

  • Bill Demonstrates the Pump Drill

    Bill Demonstrates the Pump Drill

    A pump drill is a simple hand-powered device used to impart a rapid rotating motion to a rod. It can be used for fire making or as a drill to make holes in various materials.

  • Interns at the Dig

    Interns at the Dig

    The museum's summer interns work at the dig site.

  • Lunch and Learn Excavation of La Belle and Fort St. Louis

    Lunch and Learn Excavation of La Belle and Fort St. Louis

    Members of the Coastal Bend Archaeological Logistics Team reflect on excavations of La Belle and Fort St. Louis. This session was held at the Museum of the Coastal Bend, November 10, 2020.

  • Bill's 27-year Pottery Reconstruction

    Bill's 27-year Pottery Reconstruction

    Bill Birmingham, archaeological steward, gathered sherds and reconstructed a Rockport pot over a 27-year period. Hear his story.

  • OC Explains Screening

    OC Explains Screening

    OC Garza of CoBALT Archeology explains the screening process.