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Department of Anthropology Center for Archaeological Studies
Texas State Department of Anthropology Center for Archaeological Studies About Us Mission and Vision

Mission and Vision

The Center for Archaeological Studies (CAS) is a research center within the Department of Anthropology at Texas State University. CAS’s primary goal is to provide training and research opportunities to Texas State University students who wish to pursue a career in applied anthropology. With this goal in mind, CAS is committed to the following:

  • promoting archaeological and anthropological research in the New and Old Worlds;
  • providing student training in the fields of cultural resource management and archaeological research;
  • conducting archaeological investigations for federal, state, and local governments as well as priate entities as required by law;
  • assisting int he management of archaeological sites associated witht he Meadows Center at Spring Lake and other sites on Texas State University's campus;
  • serving as a Texas Historical Commission-certified curatorial repository for State-associated Held-in-Trust (HIT) collections as well as departmental, non-HIT, and gifted collections;
  • and, supporting public education through a better understanding of anthropology, including archaeology, in addition to history and the preservation of cultural resources.