Center for Archaeological Studies

CAS RECENTLY COMPLETED THE ZATOPEC PROJECT HERE IN SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE

ALSO IN THE NEWS: CAS'S ON-GOING WORK AT SPRING LAKE (click here)

CLOVIS AND PRE-CLOVIS: DR. MICHAEL B. COLLINS OF GAULT ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT IN THE NEWS (click here)

CAPTAIN MORGAN'S CANNONS: FRITZ HANSELMANN OF CAS AND RIVER SYSTEMS INSTITUTE IN THE NEWS (click here)

ALSO AT TEXAS STATE (click here)

AND LA TIMES, LOS ANGELES, CA (click here)

AND TELEMETRO, PANAMA (click here)

AND STATESMAN, AUSTIN, TX (click here)

WILSON POTTERY SITE: A CAS 
PROJECT IN THE NEWS (click here)

In January 2000, the Center for Archaeological Studies (CAS) was established by Dr. Britt Bousman as a research center within the Department of Anthropology at Texas State University-San Marcos. Since its commencement, CAS has grown through compliance-based cultural resouce management and academic research projects. Additionally, in 2008 CAS became certified by the State of Texas as an Archaeological Curation Facility. CAS is also home to one of the most extensive and growing libraries pertaining to Texas archaeology.

This Web site informs visitors about CAS's role in cultural resource management, Texas archaeology, and ongoing research abroad; introduces CAS's supporting cast; and shares information. For more information, feel free to contact us.

CAS UPDATES . . . CAS is now accepting artifact collections, including Held-In-Trust Collections, for curation. Please contact us for policies and additional information.

Dr. Jon Lohse, Director of CAS, is organizing an academic workshop and public symposium on the topic of Preceramic cultures in Mesoamerica. The workshop will be held en Antigua, Guatemala, and it is sponsored by The Wenner-Gren Foundation, the Center for Archaeological Studies and Texas State University-San Marcos, The Gault School of Archaelogical Research, and Casa Herrera of The University of Texas at Austin. “Clovis Technology” is a new, first-of-its kind detailed look at Clovis technology, and will be published in late-April or May, 2010. CAS would like to welcome Dr. Michael B. Collins, Dr. Clark Wernecke and The Gault School for Archaeological Research to Texas State's Department of Anthropology.