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Featured Picture Click to view featured picture page. Click to view featured picture page. Doug Boyd reviews the paperwork for the Youth Group on Chill Hill. Excavation in Youth Group Square.

Who We Are

The Texas Archeological Society welcomes you to the web site where you can learn more about archeology around the state and how to actively participate in preserving your heritage.

The Texas Archeological Society is dedicated to the study and preservation of the historic and prehistoric aspects of Texas' past. More.....

TAS activities include Archeological Academies, a yearly Field School, an Annual Meeting, a Speakers' Bureau, and rock art recording. More.....

FYI - More information

Summer 2008 Newsletter (PDF) 2MB
Contains Annual Meeting Information!

Upcoming TAS Events

Texas Archeological Society Annual Meeting 2008 - Lubbock

Information for the TAS Annual Meeting October 24-26 is now online: PDF's of the Registration and Exhibit Room Request forms, the Calls for Papers and Silent Auction items, information on the Banquet and Public Forum speakers, the free (but requiring registration) tours of the Lubbock Lake Landmark and reception at the Southwest Collections/Special Collections Library, details about making your hotel reservations, a helpful map....  Following the lead of the 2008 and 2009 Field Schools, this year's meeting will continue a look back toward areas that were home to early Texas archeology and archeologists.

Online registration is being prepared; there will be a direct link to it from here.

Join TAS online! – Click the link below to join or renew online!

It's Over and Done Now

Texas Archeological Society Field School 2008 - Perryton

The TAS Field School near Perryton was a howling success (just ask our tent campers about wind and rain).  Folks are back home now with war stories and bragging rights, and many are already planning to attend next year's event.  We'll be assembling photos for a Field School 2008 Gallery; stay tuned for that link to materialize on this page....

The TAS Native American Scholarship program was recently featured in Texas Parks and Wildlife Magazine.  View the article here.