AR Red River Archeology

Out on the edge of the state today, documenting some sites around Three Corners, where Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana meet. This is from the Brown Cemetery, with burials dating as early as the 1830s. instagram.com/p/CjqNfNDOW27/…

Thank you to Holli Howard for coming out and helping us get our gear in good order for the #AASTP2022! The shovels are clean and sharp! instagram.com/p/CeG8pkfOFvC/…

@vert_archy lays in the gradiometer grid at Holman Springs. Big step in preparation for #AASTP2022 instagram.com/p/Cdqpth1u4XF/…

Started brush clearing at the field site for the #AASTP2022 today. We will be doing some gradiometer surveys and other preliminaries in the weeks before the event starts! instagram.com/p/CdZ6vx7OWLA/…

We also have staff at Caddo Mounds State Park, Texas, today, helping with preparations for the reconstruction of the Caddo Grass House this summer! instagram.com/p/CdREqgAumjY/…

@vert_archy was out at the McCollum-Chidester House in Camden today, helping the Ouachita County Historical Society. Third site in as many days! instagram.com/p/CbtTPrxuAMF/…

We’re back in the Rolling Fork River Valley of western Arkansas today, collecting more gradiometer data at the Holman Springs site, a Caddo salt works. instagram.com/p/Cbp7ZNcOBBH/…

The gophers are literally throwing more dirt into the units while we’re working! @vert_archy has a neighbor. instagram.com/p/CbnjCTqOnfN/…

The sugary sand at Historic Washington digs so nicely! instagram.com/p/CbnPUJlumu0/…

[Shakes fist at the cosmos] GOPHERRRRRRSSSS!!!! instagram.com/p/Cbkc8rvuB_w/…

When the Pandemic keeps you from breaking out some of your field equipment, time’s gremlins give you surprises… instagram.com/p/CbiE7GkOYM-/…

Preparing to hold forth at the Hempstead County Historical Society meeting in the Presbyterian Church in Washington, built in 1889! instagram.com/p/CbbOK-Qut6F/…

Back to the salt marsh today! We’re doing a gradiometer survey at the Holman Springs site, in Sevier County instagram.com/p/CbXrbl9uXfk/…

We’ve been working with groups from across southwest Arkansas to establish the Camden Expedition Scenic Byway. The signs marking it are going up! Keep any eye out for them and go trace the route! instagram.com/p/CbQH1_lOf_8/…

Replacing the internal memory battery on a 1990s SIR-2000 ground-penetrating radar. Major archeological surgery by @vert_archy and @cgdrexler instagram.com/p/Ca8I9QnuIoQ/…

Came across this little gem in our files today. I guess you can say we’re good at keeping records… instagram.com/p/Ca5jP84OfM0/…

We’re doing a quick gradiometer survey at the Haley site in Miller County today. It’s a beautiful day in the Red River Valley! instagram.com/p/CW6BmTML-dm/…

Just posted a photo instagram.com/p/CU_COY2rI-K/…

Today’s discovery in the field was this majestic fellow, hanging out on the back of a temporary grave marker at the Crofton Cemetery, in Howard County, Arkansas. #ARArch instagram.com/p/CUqi9ggL3Fh/…

The Red River Chapter of the #Arkansas Archeological Society will be meeting October 19 to get itself rolling again. Come on out if you want to get involved in archeology in southwest Arkansas! fb.me/e/7ODnqnQAH