Monthly Meetings

NTAS Monthly Meetings are held on the 2nd Thursday of the month, at 7:00pm except in June and December. The monthly meetings are located at the University of North Texas Health Science Center in the Research & Education Building, Room 114. The NTAS meetings are hybrid meetings held in-person and offered via Zoom.

NTAS meetings are a staple of our membership. In these meetings, we discuss NTAS Announcements, which include upcoming volunteer opportunities, upcoming NTAS events, upcoming Texas Archeology Society (TAS) events, and each month we feature a guest speaker. Our guest speakers deliver programs on various archeological topics. Past topics include geoarcheology, bioarcheology, regional archeological sites and topics, and more. NTAS meetings are open to the general public.

Guests are welcome to join all NTAS monthly meetings in-person or via Zoom. To receive the Zoom link for our programs, please email info@ntxas.org .

July 10th, 2025 Monthly Meeting

Topic: Rock Art Studies in the Ascendancy: the Unlikely Story of How a Little Regarded Subdiscipline Went Mainstream

Guest Speaker: Kim Cox

Abstract: Within the past ten years, the archaeological subdiscipline of rock art studies has

undergone major changes that have fundamentally changed our understanding of why prehistoric

populations drew pictures on rock canvasses. Texas archaeologists have led the nation in this

regard, pioneering innovative techniques and interpretive studies that have established a new

paradigm. This talk is about the enormous impact of the last ten years and why the study of rock

art has become so important to the field of American archaeology.

About: Kim Cox

Bio: Kim has directed or participated in archaeological field work in Texas, New Mexico, Belize, and Honduras since 1971. He worked with Shumla, Inc. on recording and analyzing the White Shaman rock art site from 2006-2016. He has been a director of The Maya Research Program, Blue Creek, Belize since 1991, and in 1997 he co-founded Youth Odyssey, Inc. where he helped develop the initial goals and programs dealing with extreme outdoor education for at-risk youths.

Kim has made multiple contributions to the scholarly literature of rock art including contributions to the book The White Shaman Mural: An Enduring Mythological Narrative published in 2016 by the University of Texas Press.

In addition to his archaeological work, he is also an attorney focusing on business and real estate law.

Monthly meetings

July 10th, 2025 Monthly Meeting

Topic: Rock Art Studies in the Ascendancy: the Unlikely Story of How a Little Regarded Subdiscipline Went Mainstream