The Southern Arkansas University (SAU) Research Station of the Arkansas Archeological Survey is located in Magnolia, Arkansas. The AAS-SAU Research Station is responsible for the archeological resources of 11 counties in southwestern Arkansas. The station territory stretches from the southern edge of the Ouachita Mountains to the Arkansas/Louisiana state Line, and incorporates the Great Bend region of the Red River. The late prehistoric and protohistoric inhabitants within the station territory were members of the Caddoan culture (in the west) and the Plaquemine culture (in the east). Among the important sites in the SAU station territory is Crenshaw, the earliest known Caddoan ceremonial center, and Historic Washington State Park, an antebellum town restored and interpreted by Arkansas State Parks and the Pioneer Washington Restoration Foundation.

News:

05/08/2012: Dr. Jamie Brandon will talk about the upcoming AAS Summer Dig at Historic Washington. The Magnolia Room, second floor, Reynolds Center, SAU Campus, Magnolia, 7pm.

04/27/2012: Check out the May issue of the Kadohadacho News...availiable in PDF format here.

07/01/2011: Congratulations on the retirement of AAS-SAU Research Assistant David Jeane & a big welcome to new AAS-SAU Research Assistant--Carl Carlson-Drexler.

08/04/2006:THEFT ALERT!!! There has been a major theft at the AAS-SAU Station...27 Caddo pots from the Cedar Grove site have been stolen. Click here for PDF list of what was stolen or here for a full color web site version.

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