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The Granado Cave exhibit was written and created by Donny L. Hamilton with the assistance of TBH editors Steve Black and Susan Dial. Most photographs shown in the exhibit, unless otherwise noted, were taken by Hamilton.
A native of Pecos, Texas, Hamilton earned his Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Texas at Austin in 1975. He has been a faculty member at Texas A&M University since 1978. Today Dr. Hamilton is head of the Nautical Archaeology Program, director of the Conservation Research Laboratory, and professor of anthropology. Specializing in underwater archeology, artifact restoration and conservation, American historic and prehistoric archeology, Hamilton's past and present research has included the conservation of artifacts recovered from the shipwreck of the 1554 Spanish Fleet, excavated off the coast of Padre Island in the Gulf of Mexico; the excavation and conservation of the material from the sunken, 17th-century English town of Port Royal in Jamaica; the conservation of artifacts recovered from La Salle's shipwreck, La Belle. A complete account of Hamilton's Granado Cave research is available from the University of Texas Press.
The Granado Cave project was funded by the Texas Historical Commission and the Texas Historical Foundation; additional funding was provided by J.O. Hayhurst. The discoverer of the cave, Frank Granado of Pecos, Texas, loaned artifacts recovered from the caves for analysis. The late Shelby Brooks, on whose property the cave was located, gave permission for the excavations. The 1978 fieldwork was undertaken by Donny Hamilton with the assistance of Charles E. Locke, Ray Kenmotsu, Michael Mallouf and Margaret L. Kluge.
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Links
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