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Red River (Magnolia): Tuesday, February 13, at 7pm in the Magnolia Room at the Reynolds Center on the SAU Campus- Dr. Paige Ford, Station Archeologist at the Plum Bayou Mounds Research Station, will be giving a talk titled, “Investigating Early Caddo Potters at Cahokia.”

Ko-Ko-Ci (Fayetteville): Wednesday, February 14, at 7pm at the ARAS- Coordinating Office (2475 N Hatch Avenue)- Gillian Steeno, Society/Survey Liaison, is speaking for the chapter with a talk titled “Can You Dig It?: Getting Involved with the AAS.”

Ark-Homa (Fort Smith/Oklahoma): Thursday, February 15, at 6pm at the Latture Conference Center in the Business Institute building on the UAFS campus- Their guest speaker will be Dr. Scott Hammerstedt presenting “Recent Excavations at Spiro Mounds.”

Red River (Magnolia) December Meeting:

Ko-Ko-Ci (Fayetteville) December Meeting:

7pm, Washington County Extension Office- Dr. Hermes, UA-Fayetteville Department of Anthropology, will be speaking with us about Emergence and Evolution of Pastoralism in Central Asia. Pastoralism is at the subsistence core of ancient and contemporary communities in Central Asia, ranging from the northern Caucasus to Mongolia. When and how this food production strategy first appeared, spread throughout the region, and evolved remains poorly understood. In this talk, Dr. Hermes will discuss his research on key processes concerning Central Asian pastoralism with a diverse research program that incorporates archaeological excavation of pastoralist sites, stable isotope analysis, livestock paleogenomics, and analysis of ancient proteins in human dental calculus to assess milk consumption. Facebook event page: https://fb.me/e/3GYKbnrSo

Tonight in Fort Smith, the Ark-Homa Chapter of the AAS is holding their November chapter meeting. The meeting will be held in the Flanders Building room 100 on the UAFS campus at 6PM.

Their guest speaker is Dr. Joshua Lynch (Arkansas Tech University), who will be giving a talk titled “Experimental Investigations of Beringian Hunting Toolkits.” He will discuss experimental methods related to Beringian point styles, how use over time could affect the variability of those points, and student-centered learning activities that were used to engage the general public and the native Alaskan community. You don’t want to miss it!

THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

The Hester Davis scholarship for the Summer Training Program is due by April 11th. Please refer to our Grants and Scholarship page for more information.

The 2022 Training Program co-sponsored by the Arkansas Archeological Survey and Arkansas Archeological Society is currently planned for June 4-18. Full details will be released in March on the Society’s Training Program page.