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"Archeology is not what you find, it's what you find out."  David Hurst Thomas




For over a decade, the TAS has received financial support from Humanities Texas.  On April 2, 2025, all state humanities councils, including Humanities Texas, received notification that federal funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has been terminated effective immediately.

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WHO WE ARE...since 1928

The TAS is a diverse group of people with all levels of experience taking part in research and training through Academies, Field School, and the Annual Meeting.

TAS promotes and encourages: 

  • learning about Texas archeology
  • scientific archeological research
  • preservation and conservation of materials and sites
  • interpretation and publication of archeological data
  • building a community of inclusion

TAS does not condone:

  • buying and selling artifacts for commercial purposes
  • disregard of proper archeological research techniques
  • willful destruction or distortion of archeological data

The TAS is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization.  

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Upcoming events

  • 2025 Archeobotany Academy

    • April 05, 2025
    • April 06, 2025
    • Kerrville, Texas
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    People and Plants is a two-day Texas Archeology Academy to learn how to recover plant remains from archeological sites and how to interpret their past roles in human society through historical accounts, experimentation, and traditional knowledge. Classroom and field sessions for the Academy will be in Kerrville on April 5-6, 2025.

    Join archeologists to learn about past Texas landscapes, plant foods, plant medicine, and how people tended the land. The course will include a brief overview of the many subdisciplines of archeobotany, how each contributes to reconstructions of past practices, and the strengths and drawbacks of each.

    Class time will be split between a traditional classroom and a ranch near Kerrville where participants will help construct an earth oven, make medicine, and learn to read plants. The class will conclude by opening the earth oven and enjoying the foods we’ve cooked.


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  • 2025 Lithics Academy

    • April 12, 2025
    • April 13, 2025
    • Austin, Texas
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    The 2025 Lithics Academy is a two-day Texas Archeology Academy to learn how to recognize stone artifacts, how they are produced, and interpreting stone artifacts and patterns in the archeological record.

    Classroom sessions for the Academy will be held at in Austin on April 12-13, 2025.

    Participants will learn to identify stone artifacts and to interpret basic data through exercises in sorting, classifying, and measuring. Learn the process of making a stone tool from cobble to finished product, the uses of stone tools, and the formation of use-wear and breakage patterns.

    Mr. Chris Ringstaff, experimental archeologist at the Texas Department of Transportation, will lead the workshop. Dr. Robert Lassen of AmaTerra Environmental Consultants, and Dr. Sergio Ayala will be co-instructors.

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  • 2025 TAS Field School Registration

    • June 14, 2025
    • June 21, 2025
    • Milam and Robertson Counties, Texas
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    In 2025, the Texas Archeological Society (TAS) invites all current and future members to attend our annual summer field school in Milam and Robertson Counties, Texas. The week-long program offers activities and learning opportunities for all ages and experience levels, including excavation techniques, survey and laboratory methods, and special training for newcomers and teachers. The TAS website contains detailed information about what to expect at field school and specifics about this year’s archeological goals.

    Please note that by registering you are indicating a willingness to sign a legal release for the event. The required legal release is available for your review here.

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SPONSORS






Previous sponsors include: The Brown Foundation, The Clements Foundation, The Hamman Foundation, The Trull Foundation, and
The Summerfield G. Roberts Foundation.

Funding for organizational expenses has been provided to Texas Archeological Society from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the 2020 Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020.


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Texas Archeological Society, Department of Anthropology, Texas State University, 601 University Drive, San Marcos, Texas 78666-4684

(512) 265-5324

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