Tentative Schedule
(Times and locations are subject to change; please check your program upon arrival.)
Friday, September 27
3:00p – 4:30p Society Executive Board Meeting – New Deal Boardroom
1:00p – 9:00p Registration – Preconvene Area
6:00p – 9:00p Reception & Poster Session – Arvest Rooms I, II, and III
Emily L. Beahm and Riley Chronister – The WRI Teaching Gardens
Leanda Gavin, Emily Carter, and Sandra Martinez – Economic and Social Disparity at Van Winkle’s Mill: An ARAS-Based Exploration
Jason R. Kennedy, Matthew J. Edwards, and Bradley J. Parker – Identifying Activity Areas in the Plowzone: A Case Study from Inkawasi, Ayacucho Perú
Jason R. Kennedy- Lyon College Archaeological Field School, May 27th – June 27th, 2025
Timothy S. Mulvihill and Jami J. Lockhart – Geophysical Survey of the Sawdust Hill Cemetery on the Parkin Site (3CS29)
Saturday, September 28
7:00a – 8:00a Board of Advisors Breakfast – Reserved Tables in Complimentary Breakfast Area
8:00a ARF Silent Auction & Raffle Sales – Arvest Rooms I, II, and III
8:00a Registration – Preconvene Area
8:30a – 10:30a Papers and Presentations – Arvest Rooms I, II, and III
8:30a Welcome & Announcements – Steve Longacre, President
8:35 Liley Bozard – We’re Not Park[in] the Conversation: Revisiting Parkin and Nodena Phase Whole Vessel Assemblages
8:55 Taylor Greene – Georgia (Lake) on My Mind: Furthering Research on the 1987 Training Program
9:15 Sarah Shepard & Michelle Rathgaber- Thinking Inside the Box: A Curation Field School
9:35 15 Minute Break
9:50 Matthew P. Rooney- Two-Timing the Hollywood Grove Site (3DR475)
10:10 Maureece J. Levin & Jesse Lewis – The Garden Site Project: Campus Archaeology at UA Little Rock
10:30a – 11:45a Business Meeting: Presentation of Awards & Certificates – Arvest Rooms I, II, and III
11:45a – 1:00p Lunch on your own – There are many options to choose from nearby!
1:00p – 4:10p Papers and Presentations – Arvest Rooms I, II, and III
1:15p Joshua Lynch & Autumn Morse – A New Model of Archaeological Training in Arkansas
1:35 Mary Beth Trubitt – New Life to Old Collections: Revisiting Hays Mound (3CL6)
1:55 Julie Morrow – House 1 at Greenbrier Town in the Ozark Mountains: A Report from the Field
2:15 Sarah Stuckey – From Animus to Appreciation: A Change of Perspective and Initial Observations into the Daub Layer of House 1 at the Greenbrier Site
2:35 15 Minute Break
2:50 Paige Blair, Robert Scott, and Tim Mulvihill – Woodland Occupation(s) at the Meador Site, St. Francis County, Arkansas
3:10 Jason Wilhelmi – 2017 Test Excavations at Bridges Estate, Clark County, Arkansas
3:30 Halee Mills – Indigenous Places in Urban Spaces: Mapping Tovaangar in the Modern Landscape
3:50 Carl G. Drexler – The 2024 Arkansas Archeological Society Training Program at Nakuukuwidish: An Exercise in Cascading Feature Excavation
4:10p Drawing for ARF Raffle
4:20p ARF Silent Auction Ends
4:30p – 5:30p Local Chapter Leadership Meeting – Reserved Tables in Conference Center Lobby
7:00p Banquet – Arvest Rooms I, II, and III
8:00p Keynote Address by Dr. Ashley Dumas, University of West Alabama, “Discovering Mabila: A Sixteenth Century Province in Alabama’s
Black Prairie”
Sunday, September 29
8:30a Tour of Crowley’s Ridge State Park – Meet in Conference Center Lobby, Tour Begins at 9:00a
9:00a Tour of ASU Museum – Meet at Museum Entrance
Red Wolf Convention Center (RWCC) Space Diagram
Directions to A-State Museum from RWCC
