Welcome!
The Red River Chapter is the southwestern portion of the Arkansas Archeological Society. We meet during the academic year at Southern Arkansas University, in Magnolia. Our monthly meetings feature speakers from around the region involved in archeological research. We also, in collaboration with the Arkansas Archeological Survey, host fieldwork opportunities and laboratory days that let people from the community participate in the archeological research process. The statewide Society has an annual Training Program that offers focused courses on different topics in archeology, and an annual conference that features the results of local research. All are welcome to join us to learn and get engaged in researching and preserving Arkansas’s unique and precious heritage!
Fieldwork Opportunities
The Arkansas Archeological Survey is developing a number of research opportunities. Check their Facebook page to get more information on them as they become available.
Speakers
Our meetings occur every second Tuesday of the month during the academic year. Meetings are held at 7:00 in the Reynolds Center at Southern Arkansas University, with the exception of our December potluck meeting, which starts at 6pm with a group dinner.
Our upcoming and past speakers are:
2019
2018
2017
04: Amanda Regnier (OAS): Spiro Fieldwork
03: John Dennis (UAM): Historic GLOs and Archaeology
02: Brandy Dacus (ARAS-ASU)
2016
12: Emily Beahm (ARAS-WRI): Mississippian Garden
11: Elizabeth Horton (ARAS-Toltec): Woodland Garden
10: Jeff Mitchem (ARAS-Parkin): Learning More about the Parkin Phase: The Richards Bridge Site
09: Carl Drexler (ARAS-SAU): Archaeology of the Elkins’ Ferry Battlefield
04: Pritam Chowdhury (UAF): Ferguson Mounds
03: Jessica Howe (UAF): The Isgrig Site
02: Jeff Mitchem (ARAS-Parkin): Richards Bridge CANCELLED
2015
09: Carl Drexler (ARAS-SAU): Archeology in Southwest Arkansas: Opportunities and Activities in 2015-2016
10: Jeff Girard (NSU): The Conly Site: A 7500 Year Old Settlement in Northwest Louisiana
11: Skip Stewart-Abernathy (ARAS-WRI, retired): Historic Washington State Park
12: David Jeane (ARAS-SAU, retired)
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2014
12: Dr. Carol Colannino (ARAS-SAU)
11: Ms. Michelle Rathgaber (ARAS-BLY)
10: Dr. Emily Beahm (ARAS-WRI)
09: Dr. Jodi Barnes (ARAS-UAM)
04: Dr. Elizabeth Horton (ARAS-TOL)
03: Mr. Jim Rees (AAS): Drums Along the Arkansas
02: Mr. Don Higgins (AAS): Arkansas Rock Art
2013
12: Dr. Jamie Brandon (ARAS-SAU): Bear Grease in the Bear State
11: Dr. Duncan McKinnon (UAF): Iconography, Landscape, and Power in Southwest Arkansas
10: Dr. George Lankford (Lyon College): Iconography, Myth & Archeology of Southeastern Native America
09: Dr. Dito Morales (UCA): Understanding Ancient Art through the Lens of Living Traditions
04: Mr. John Samuelsen (UAF): Archeology at Crenshaw Mounds: Explorations of a Changing Caddo Tradition
03: Meeks Etchieson (USFS): Prehistoric Settlement in the Ouachita Mountains: The Upcoming AAS Summer Dig
02: Mr. Carl Drexler (ARAS-SAU/College of William & Mary): Archeology at Dooley’s Ferry, The Civil War in Southwest Arkansas
2012
12: Mr. Tim Mulvihill (ARAS-UAFS): Recent Archeological Investigations at the Drennen-Scott House, Van Buren, AR
11: Mr. Gary Pinkerton: Trammell’s Trace: Historic Road From Arkansas to Texas
10: Dr. Jamie Brandon (ARAS-SAU): The Archeology of Historic Washington, Arkansas: Merchants on the Cotton Frontier, 1830-1880
09: Dr. Scott Hammerstedt (OAS): The Reed Site: Ceremonialism in the Neosho River Valley of Northeastern Oklahoma
04: Dr. Elizabeth Horton (ARAS-TOL): Woven Worlds: The Social Role of Fabric in Pre-Columbian US
03: Mr. Carl Drexler (ARAS-SAU/College of William & Mary): Recent & Future Archeological Excavations at Dooley’s Ferry
02: Mr. Roger Coleman (USFS): Recent Excavations at the Brooks Hollow Dalton Site
2011
12: Mr. Robert Scott (ARAS-ASU/Southern Illinois University): Kasita: Artifact Distributions, Activities and Material Culture at a Historic Lower Creek Indian Town
11: Dr. Trey Berry (SAU): The Forgotten Expedition
10: Dr. Elizabeth Horton (ARAS-TOL): CANCELLED
09: Dr. Jamie Brandon (ARAS-SAU): Digging for History at Historic Washington State Park
