Tarrant County Archeological Society

TCAS is one of the most active archaeological societies in Texas. The Tarrant County Archeological Society is an active part of the Texas Archaeological Society. Our membership represents a wide variety of archeological backgrounds and interests: from Paleo to Historic; Texas to the Southwest to the World; from Archaeologists to Avocationals to people simply looking for more information about archaeology.

Our members have served and continue to serve in leadership positions with TAS. Large numbers of our members attend the annual TAS Field School each summer and the TAS annual meeting each fall. TCAS is also often a host society for TAS events.

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Our monthly TCAS meetings, the second Thursday of each month, include a wide array of speakers and topics. During the past year we have learned more about the Astronomical Features at Paint Rock, Origins of Village Life and Farming Economies in the Near East, the Newest Findings at Little Big Horn, and Mimbres Cosmology by such noted archaeologists and writers as Bill Yeates, Dr. Benjamin Arbuckle, Michael Donahue, and Dr. Harry Shafer.

We are also very active "in the field" with several ongoing projects. We try to have excavation, survey, and/or artifact identification projects on a monthly basis, of course, depending on weather. We are in the process of developing a program to assist Boy Scouts in achieving their Archeology Merit Badge. We expect this program will expand to include Girl Scouts and other youth groups.

We invite you to attend a monthly meeting. Directions and a map are available on the "Map" page of this site. If you're looking for more information on Texas Archaeology, please check our "Links" page. Or, if you're just curious, please request more information using the link below. We hope to see you at one of the meetings!