Arkansas Archeological Survey - SAU Research Station

Arkansas Archeological Survey - SAU Research Station Research Station of the Arkansas Archeological Survey at Southern Arkansas University. Station founded 1968.

The Mission of the Arkansas Archeological Survey is to conserve and research the state's heritage and communicate this information to the public. The AAS-SAU Research Station is responsible for researching and cataloging the archeological resources of 11 counties in southwestern Arkansas. The station territory stretches from the southern edge of the Ouachita Mountains to the Arkansas/Louisiana state Line, and incorporates the Great Bend region of the Red River. Much of our current fieldwork, research, and writing focuses on historical archeology in southwestern Arkansas and our continuing work on the archaeology of the Caddoan and pre-Caddoan cultures who lived in the areas around southwest Arkansas, northeast Texas, northwest Louisiana, and southeast Oklahoma. You can learn more about our current and past research projects by following the “Research” link on the navigation bar to right. The Arkansas Archeological Survey is a unit of the University of Arkansas System.

It’s Lab Day in Magnolia. We are also out at the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum in Shreveport, helping out with their Ar...
09/19/2026

It’s Lab Day in Magnolia. We are also out at the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum in Shreveport, helping out with their Archeology Day! Come visit!

We went over to Texarkana today to watch the unveiling of a new historical marker commemorating the 1806 Freeman-Custis ...
05/15/2026

We went over to Texarkana today to watch the unveiling of a new historical marker commemorating the 1806 Freeman-Custis Expedition. A similar effort to the Lewis and Clark Expedition, this one traced the Red River across what would become Southwest Arkansas. Dan Flores gave the keynote lecture. If you’re in TK, stop by the Post Office. The marker is on the Texas side of the street!

The Survey's "Artifact of the Month" for May is, well, two buttons, but they're associated, and they're from Historic Wa...
05/06/2026

The Survey's "Artifact of the Month" for May is, well, two buttons, but they're associated, and they're from Historic Washington! Click the link to learn more.

Civil War buttons found on Block Six at Historic Washington State Park.

The Nevada County Museum cuts the ribbon on a new pavilion and 65-foot flagpole at Prairie D’Ane Battlefield. Located ju...
04/10/2026

The Nevada County Museum cuts the ribbon on a new pavilion and 65-foot flagpole at Prairie D’Ane Battlefield. Located just off of I-30 near Prescott, this is one of the places where we hav had the chance to do battlefield archeology over the years.

We are at the joint meeting of the Caddo Conference and Louisiana Archeological Society this week. Taylor is holding for...
03/27/2026

We are at the joint meeting of the Caddo Conference and Louisiana Archeological Society this week. Taylor is holding forth on his progress with analyzing the collections from the Georgia Lake site, in Ouachita County

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