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Lunch and Learn

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Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Location:    La Fonda, 8633 Crown Hill Blvd, San Antonio, TX 78209                      (Near Loop 410 and Broadway)

Speaker:     Heath Bentley, M.A., R.P.A.​​​​​

Topic:          Archaeological Insights on Past Environments​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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Heath Bentley has been serving as the staff archaeologist for CPS Energy since 2018, where he reviews projects for impacts to cultural resources and coordinates with agencies on archaeological investigations. He began working on archaeological projects 20 years ago and has worked at Maya ceremonial centers and a British Colonial cemetery in Belize, a Roman port city in Portugal and various indigenous and colonial era projects throughout Texas, Oklahoma and other states of the Southeast. He earned both a BA and MA in Anthropology from Texas State University.

The presentation will cover how archaeologists use a variety of methods for reconstructing past environments, including the analysis of pollen, carbonized plant remains, animal bone, historic records and dendrochronology, among others. This provides an image of the how the environment of San Antonio has varied throughout the time humans have been here, from the mesic forests of the Pleistocene to fluctuating periods of semi-arid thorn scrub. The people of this region practiced various strategies for living, from hunting megafauna to baking plants in earth ovens. Moving down to Belize, we’ll discuss accounts of historic sea turtle populations and the documented impacts of large-scale harvesting for export. This was a major industry of the colonial economy, and it significantly reduced the turtle population, eventually making the commercial harvest unsustainable.​

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Register Here: (Registering at the event will cost an additional $10) 

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