93rd Texas Archeological Society (TAS) Annual Meeting will be combined with the East Texas Archeological Conference in Tyler, Texas. The meeting will be held on the University of Texas Tyler campus in the new Soules College of Business Building from October 21 – 23, 2022.

More information can be found on the Annual Meeting webpage here:

Annual Meeting

Free registration is available for first forty student registrants thanks to a generous donation provided by the UT Tyler Department of Social Sciences.

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Spring 2022 Vol 66 Number 2.pdf

Abstracts and creative ideas are sought for papers, symposia, and posters to be presented at the 93rd Annual Meeting of the Texas Archeological Society on October 21-23, 2022, at the University of Texas at Tyler. TAS encourages presentations by avocational, student, and professional archeologist members on any topic of archeological interest.

More information on how to submit an abstract can be found on the website by clicking here: Call for Papers

The deadline for receipt of paper abstracts is September 1, 2022.

Registration for the 2022 Field School is now open! The Texas Archeological Society (TAS) invites members to return to the banks of the Guadalupe River in Kerr County for our annual summer Field School, June 11 - 18, 2022. TAS is being welcomed with open arms by the Hill Country Archeological Association (HCAA) and Kerr County. Mail in and online registration, as well as general information about the event can be found on the TAS Field School page!

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The agenda for the TAS annual business meeting is now available in the member area of the website or or by clicking here: TAS Member Business. 

The meeting will take place on Saturday, October 23rd from 12-1 pm during the Annual Meeting. Information on how members who are not attending the Annual Meeting can join will be posted to the Member Business page on the website closer to the meeting.

Financial reports, the Slate of Nominees for TAS positions whose terms are up or are vacated, and suggested changes to the TAS bylaws are available through the Member Business page on the website. Click the link below to review these documents prior to the Annual Meeting.

Member Business

Two long-awaited publications are now available to purchase through the online TAS storefront.

First, Special Publication No. 6 by Dr. Tamra Walter concerns Texas Tech University (TTU) archeological investigations at the site of Presidio San Sabá (41MN1) from 2000 until 2011. An overview of the excavations, historical background, and archeological investigations is provided along with detailed descriptions of the material remains collected excavations. A summary of findings follows and research goals are addressed in light of discoveries made during the more than 10 years of archeological enquiries at Presidio San Sabá.

Second, Special Publication No. 7 by Cristin Embree deals with the findings of the 2001 and 2002 TAS youth group excavations at the Williams-Buck Homestead (41WM272).  Investigations focused on an area near a dogtrot structure built by William W. Williams between 1850 and 1851. 

Both volumes can be found at the website here : TAS Storefront

The TAS Executive and General Board Meetings are scheduled for this Saturday. Meetings will be held via Zoom. The Executive Committee Meeting will be held from 12 noon until 2 p.m.. The General Board Meeting will be held from 2 - 5 p.m.

Please contact the TAS Office [tas-office@txarch.org] or the TAS President [tas-president@txarch.org] with any questions.