Center for Archaeological Studies : Texas State University

Cultural Resource Management

CAS offers a wide variety of Cultural Resource Management services to meet the needs of your project

Curation

The Center for Archaeological Studies is certified by the Texas Historical Commission as a repository for archaeological records and collections held-in-trust for the Texas Historical Commission. Our facility meets or exceeds the standards outlined in 36 CFR 79, 32 CFR 229, EP 1130-2-540, and other Federal regulations that address the curation of materials from Federal lands and projects. Learn how curating with CAS can help your collection do more.

PAST Program

CAS is dedicated to fostering a connection between Texans and their rich cultural heritage. Learn more about the PAST Program and other outreach projects at CAS.

Student Opportunities

Find out about volunteer, employment, internship, and research opportunities for students.

Research

CAS has a fourteen-year history of producing quality archaeological research. Learn more about our past and current projects, as well as news about future projects.

PAST Posts

Public Archaeology Serving Texas, Center for Archaeological Studies, Texas State University
http://pastposts.wp.txstate.edu

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Small Fragments Paint a Big Picture in Spring Lake Data Recovery Faunal Analysis

By Christopher Jurgens, Ph.D. The Center for Archaeological Studies (CAS) 2014 excavations at the Spring Lake Site (41HY160) recovered more than 6,000 fragments of animal bone. Detailed analysis of the bone, often termed faunal analysis, began in the summer of … Continue reading →

Surveying the Landscape: Surface Surveys as an Archaeological Technique

By Caitlin Gulihur While what happens during and after excavations of archaeological sites are popular subjects of previous PAST posts, this post deals with a different type of archaeological work – the survey. Surveys are useful for both finding unrecorded … Continue reading →

A behind the scenes look at the Spring Lake Data Recovery Analysis

By Amy Reid Lab tables cluttered with artifacts, scales, digital calipers, coffee cups, Excel spreadsheets and to-do lists that seem to get longer-not shorter. The analysis phase of an archaeological project can look more like chaos than science, but in … Continue reading →

CAS in the News

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded Texas State’s Integrated Natural and Cultural Resources Team (INCRT), led by Dr. Todd Ahlman, with several task orders totaling $1.75 million. Read this News From the Hill posting for more information.

Sifting for the past before building the future, Houston Chronicle, January 17, 2015.

CAS Events

In October 2015, CAS archaeologists Todd Ahlman, Patricia Christmas and Amy Reid visited St. Paul's for a public outreach event where students learned how to excavate, screen, survey, collect GPS data, and interpret archaeological sites. For more images of this event and others, see our PAST Program Events page.