The Red River Chapter of the Arkansas Archeological Society will meet this Wednesday, January 14th at 5pm in the Magnolia Room of the Reynolds Center at SAU, Magnolia, AR. Our trek forward in time brings us to the Woodland Period in Southwest Arkansas, which ties us into Dr. Ford’s research at Plum Bayou Mounds.
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Come on over and join us!
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.
