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State Archeologist

Current Research & Activities

Statewide Research & Activities

How is archeology anthropology?

Southeastern Archaeological Conference 2022 held in Little Rock

Pottery Comes Home to Arkansas

Research into Making Southeastern Archeological Field Schools Safe and Welcoming to All Students

Applying Realistic Finishes to 3D Printed Artifacts for Teaching and Exhibits

The ArcheOlympics

University of Arkansas Virtual Museum

Archiving Arkansas

Resting Warrior Figurine - 3D Scan

Public Archeology Day at SEAC 2022

Looking Into Things - MicroCT Scanning

Advancing Archeology with 3D Technology

Preserving and Presenting Arkansas History through Artifacts

Southwest Arkansas

The Nineteenth-Century Pottery Industry in Dallas County

Magnetite at the Jones Mill Site

The Sargent Collection: A Gift to Arkansas

"Archaic Arkansas" - The Jones Mill Project

Archeological Survey and Caddo Nation Rename Site in Sevier County

Documenting Caddo Pottery: The JEC Hodges Collection

Documenting Historic Cemeteries

The 2019 Training Program in SW Arkansas

Novaculite Quarry Found in Ouachita National Forest

The Norwood - Mt. Olive Cemetery

Comparing Two Caddo Mound Sites: The Chipped Stone Artifacts

Identity & Community in the Ouachita Mountains

Uncovering a Pit: Ceramics from Caddo Hills 3MN22

Southeast & Central Arkansas

Documenting a Historic African American Cemetery in Faulkner County, Arkansas

Archeology of Women’s Lives at the Brownlee House

Plum Bayou Garden & Arkansas's First Farmers

Hollywood Plantation

Archeological Research on World War II at Camp Monticello

Northwest Arkansas

The 2017 Training Program

Restoration of the Willhaf House in Van Buren, Arkansas

2018 Training Program at Pea Ridge Battlefield

Geophysical Survey & Excavations at the Willhaf House, Van Buren

Documenting a Historic African American Cemetery in Faulkner County, Arkansas

The Forest as a Resource: From Prehistory to History in the Arkansas Ozarks

Historic Cane Hill

The Drennen-Scott Historic Site

Investigations at Carden Bottoms: What's in the house?

Archeology at Ruddick's Field, Pea Ridge National Military Park

Geophysical Survey of a Late Woodland Site in the Arkansas River Valley

The Bartlett Collection Inventory Continues

Northeast Arkansas

Recovery of Artifacts from Tree Roots at the Parkin Site (3CS29)

Manley-Usrey Dig - Spring Break 2016

Earthquakes and Archeology

What is a Sloan Point?

Society Training Program at the Richards Bridge Site

A Leather Pouch from Historic Davidsonville and Its Contents

Points Formerly Typed as Sedgwick “PFTAS”: A New Point Type for Northeast Arkansas

Remote Sensing at Richards Bridge

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Arkansas Archeological Society
Indians of Arkansas
Rock Art in Arkansas
Arkansas Novaculite
Bluff Shelters of the Arkansas Ozarks
Gathering, Gardening, and Agriculture: 5th Grade Curriculum
Sloan Site Artifact Photo Gallery
Interpreting the Hodges Collection at the Henderson State University Caddo Center

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THE SURVEY'S MISSION is to study Arkansas' past, to preserve and manage information about archeological sites, and to share what we learn with the people of Arkansas. We invite members of the public to help discover and record information about archeological sites in Arkansas.

*Information about archeological site locations is exempted from the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act to protect our state’s fragile archeological resources from looters and to protect the privacy of landowners with sites on their property. Our archeologists do not appraise artifacts or guarantee their authenticity for commercial purposes.

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