The Tunican Chapter will be having the annual “Pre-Christmas Feast” December 4, 6:00 pm at the Taylor Log House and Historic Site, 184 Plantation Ln, Tillar, AR 71670 near Winchester. Bring a dish and enjoy good company! Mary Beth Trubitt will be the speaker. For more information contact Lilly McKee lillymckee635@gmail.com
The Arkansas Archeological Society Central Mississippi Valley Chapter Meeting will be November 19th at 6:00 PM in the Arkansas State University Museum, Room 157 Jonesboro, AR
Topic: John Keith-Walling will present a talk on Greenbrier, a White River Valley town where Native Americans built a settlement between AD 1400-1600 and the 2025 excavation by Lyon College students. Preliminary results and areas of interest for future excavations will be discussed. Learn about archeology from the ground up!
for more information visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/centralmissvalleyarchsoc/ or email Julie Morrow
The next Ko-Ko-Ci Arkansas Archeological Society Chapter meeting is Wednesday, December 10th at 7:00pm at the Arkansas Archeological Survey 2471 N. Hatch Ave, Fayetteville, AR. Guest speaker Dr. Jerry Rose will present The Dead Speak: Forensic Analysis of Skeletons for the State Medical Examiner.
Jerry Rose analyzed numerous unidentified human remains for the Arkansas State Medical examiner. He will present interesting stories about some of these cases that he examined over more than two decades. No pictures of the dead will be shown.
contact aasociety@arkarch.org or jkowalsk@uark.edu or gillian.steeno@gmail.com for more information
The Bragg Family Training Program Grant is awarded to families to participate in the annual archeological Training program held in June. The grant is for families (immediate family up to 5 people) to cover the cost of attending our Training Program in Archeology. Grant applications can be found here. For more information on the Training Program in archeology click here
Congratulations to the 2025 ARF Grant awardees announced at the 2025 Annual Meeting at Lake DeGray State Park!
Dr. Paige Ford, Plum Bayou, for AMS (Accelerator Mass Spectrometry) of daub concentrations in the southern plaza of Plum Bayou Mounds (3LN42). $1,125.
Dr. Carl Drexler (SAU) and Dr. Emily Bartz (UAPB), for residue analysis on the in situ pot base from feature 22 at Nakuukuwidish (3SV29), Sevier County, Arkansas. $405.
Tim Mulvihill, (UAF) and Sarah Shepard (UAF) for purchase of a laser aided profiler to record ceramic sherd profiles. $6,545.
The Hester Davis scholarship for the Summer Training Program is due by April 14th. Please refer to our Grants and Scholarship page for more information.
Sometime between May and July 2006, 26 pots from the Cedar Grove site were stolen from the Arkansas Archeological Survey’s collections at the Southern Arkansas University Research Station. The Survey is working with SAU police and the FBI in attempt to recover the vessels. The Arkansas Archeological Survey has issued a press release along with a complete list and pictures of the stolen ceramics.
