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Henderson State University Research Station
Arkadelphia, Arkansas 

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   The Henderson State University Research Station is one of ten research stations of the Arkansas Archeological Survey.  The HSU Station  is located in Arkadelphia, on the campus of Henderson State University, and maintains archeological records and collections from 9 counties in southwestern Arkansas. 
   The station territory includes portions of the Ouachita Mountains and the Gulf Coastal Plain.  This area has been occupied for some ten thousand years, and archeological research by HSU Station personnel has focused on understanding ancient Caddo Indian lifeways from sites in the Ouachita and Caddo river valleys, investigating changes in settlement in this region over thousands of years of human habitation, and learning about the use of Arkansas Novaculite quarried from the Ouachita Mountains and made into tools in this area throughout its long history.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     The Arkansas Archeological Survey is a unit of the University of Arkansas System.  Click here to find out more about the University of Arkansas and its Anthropology Department.

The mission of the Arkansas Archeological Survey is to conserve and research the state's heritage and communicate this information to the public.  
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Mary Beth Trubitt, Ph.D. 

    Station Archeologist

    Arkansas Archeological Survey

    Henderson State University Research Station

     


    

 

 

 

 





Office:  Huneycutt House  --  Telephone:  230-5510  --  E-mail:  trubitm@hsu.edu


     Welcome to the Arkansas Archeological Survey's Research Station at Henderson
State University.  As station archeologist, I conduct archeological research and fieldwork
in southwest Arkansas, and teach anthropology courses in HSU's Sociology Department. 
I received my Ph.D. in anthropology from Northwestern University in 1996, and have 
participated in archeological field projects throughout the United States and Central
America.  My research interests include craft production and exchange, household
archeology, and the development of Mississippian and Caddo societies.


What does a station archeologist do?

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 Research

   Much of my current fieldwork, research, and writing focuses on craft production and exchange.  One project examines the production and use of stone tools made from novaculite, a fine-grained siliceous rock that outcrops in the Ouachita Mountains.  Another project involves research into Caddo Indian lifeways in the Ouachita, Caddo, and Saline river drainages.  I also continue to be involved in the Cahokia Palisade Project,  tracing the fortification wall at this major Mississippian mound center near East St. Louis, Illinois. 

Go to list of recent publications reporting research results.

Teaching

   I teach in the Sociology and Human Services Department during the spring semester, with occasional independent studies geared to student interests and summer archeological field schools.  Students at HSU can earn a minor in Anthropology.
Courses:

 Public Archeology

   I serve as the local archeologist for southwest-central Arkansas, giving talks to school children and civic groups, creating exhibits about Indians and Arkansas archeology, and helping people to preserve sites on their property.   I am involved with the Arkansas Archeological Society, with other people interested in protecting, preserving, and studying Arkansas's historic heritage.  The Society's Ouachita Chapter meets monthly in Hot Springs (7pm on the second Tuesday of every month but June, at the Arkansas School for Math, Sciences, and the Arts). 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 






 


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Copyright 2004-2009 Mary Beth Trubitt
Date Last Modified:  1/12/2009
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