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 sta

te 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.

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

Oh, hey. A feature! Not sure what it is yet but it’s what scientists call a “thing” :D
03/21/2026

Oh, hey. A feature! Not sure what it is yet but it’s what scientists call a “thing” :D

We’re out at Historic Washington this weekend, excavating on a house place on Block 7. What yesterday looked like a bric...
03/21/2026

We’re out at Historic Washington this weekend, excavating on a house place on Block 7. What yesterday looked like a brick pier now is showing out some vitrified brick, which happens when you have high heat. The “pier” could be a chimney fall. Hopefully more digging will clarify

The Red River Chapter of the Arkansas Archeological Society meets tonight at SAU, adjacent to the research station in th...
03/18/2026

The Red River Chapter of the Arkansas Archeological Society meets tonight at SAU, adjacent to the research station in the Bruce Center. Come on out and join in!

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Also, just for fun, if you ever wondered what an archeologist takes into the field, well, it varies a lot but this is ou...
03/02/2026

Also, just for fun, if you ever wondered what an archeologist takes into the field, well, it varies a lot but this is our current ride. It’s a 2016 F250 Super Duty. Bed is big enough to carry a bunch of field equipment, it’s got 4WD for those times the mud doesn’t want to let us leave, and that’s about it. Seriously. It’s a super stripped down model. Doesn’t even had door pockets. It also rides like a pogo stick. Glad to have it, though

This morning finds us up in Howard County at the Polk-Bullock Cemetery near Muddy Fork, spot checking some spatial data ...
03/02/2026

This morning finds us up in Howard County at the Polk-Bullock Cemetery near Muddy Fork, spot checking some spatial data to aid in some preservation activities for the Bullock portion of the cemetery.

Dr. Drexler presented at the International Conference on the Anthropology of Salt, in Rzeszow, Poland, last year. The co...
02/25/2026

Dr. Drexler presented at the International Conference on the Anthropology of Salt, in Rzeszow, Poland, last year. The conference organizers requested an article for their scholarly journal on the trip and his impressions of the conference. You can read about it at the link! Plus, it's an open access article, so there's no paywall.

A Trip to the 2025 International Conference on the Anthropology of Salt Authors Carl Drexler University of Arkansas – Arkansas Archeological Survey, 100 E. University, Box 9381 Magnolia, AR 71753, 870-235-4230, The United States of America https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3286-9563 DOI: https://doi.org...

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