ALT Texas State signed an Inter-Government Support Agreement with Fort Campbell and the United States Army for a project led by Todd Ahlman and the Center for Archaeological Studies that is worth $28 million over the next ten years.

ALT Texas State signed an Inter-Government Support Agreement with Fort Campbell and the United States Army for a project led by Todd Ahlman and the Center for Archaeological Studies that is worth $28 million over the next ten years.

ALT Some of the Archaeology Club members outside of the Archaeology lab demonstrating and learning creating and cooking in an earth oven.

ALT Some of the Archaeology Club members sitting outside of the Archaeology lab demonstrating and learning making sandals.

ALT Some of the Archaeology Club members sitting outside of the Archaeology lab demonstrating and learning flint knapping.

ALT The Archaeology Club members sitting at tables in the Archaeology lab.

ALT Please help us congratulate the 2024 Phi Kappa Phi Love of Learning awardees from the Department of Anthropology! Stephanie Baker Doctoral student in applied anthropology Keegan Beane Doctoral student in applied anthropology Kelsey Fox Doctoral student in applied anthropology The Graduate College and the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society at TXST are pleased to announce that six Texas State University students have received the Phi Kappa Phi Love of Learning Award in the 2024 competition. Nationally, 200 students from 108 institutions were selected for the Love of Learning Award this year, with Texas State tying second with Texas Tech University for the most awards received by a single institution.

ALT The World Neolithic Conference brings together researchers from around the globe to address one of the fundamental transitions in human cultural and biological evolution - the emergence of food production and the associated changes in lifeways, including the origins of villages and cities. The weeklong conference is being held in early November in Şanlıurfa, Turkey, the location of the the Göbekli tepe World Heritage Site. Dr. Kilby is collaborating with Dr. Yoshitaka Kanomato (Sendai University, Japan) and Dr. Andrei Tabarev (Institute of Archaeology and Ethology, Russia) to chair a session on Lithic Technology During the Paleolithic- Neolithic Transition. The full-day session includes 14 presenters from seven countries. Dr. Kilby's presentation is titled, "The Reorganization of Technology" and will address changes in the organization of stone tool technology that accompany the transition from hunting and gathering to dedicated farming in the North American Southwest

ALT Texas State Anthropology 2024/2025 Speaker Series La Varilla Electronica: Community-centered forensics and sensory labor in the Mexican Borderlands. Lindsay Smith Associate Professor School for the Future of Innovation in Society Arizona State University November 1, 2-3PM Zoom details on Canvas. Code Work: Hacking across the US/México Techno-Borderlands Héctor Beltrán Class of 1957 Career Development Associate Professor Department of Anthropology Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) November 8, 2-3PM Zoom details on Canvas.

ALT A memorial service will be held for Dr. Kent Reilly this Saturday (10/12) from 1:00-5:00 in Wimberly. The F. Kent Reilly III Memorial Graduate Scholarship was established with the goal of providing a permanent endowment at Texas State University to honor the memory of Dr. Kent Reilly, Professor of Anthropology. The endowment will award scholarships to graduate students pursing a Masters degree in Anthropology who are studying the Indigenous symbol systems and/or archaeology of the Americas. Preference will be given to out-of-state students because any scholarship of $1000 or more will include in-state tuition. Dr. Reilly was a valued colleague and friend who was a dedicated teacher who mentored generations of students and made a profound impact on their lives and careers. Donations can be made here. https://secure.ua.txstate.edu/site/SPageNavigator/Donation%20Forms/Family%20Campaign/family_campaign_donation_form.html?fundname=kentreilly

ALT Rose Moore (Dr. Christina Conlee advisor) has received a $2000 scholarship from the PaeloWest foundation for her dissertation project tilted "Stress, Health, and Diet during Wari Expansion: A Bioarchaeological Approach to the Central and South Coasts of Peru Between the Early Intermediate Period and Middle Horizon."

ALT Caroline Story has been invited to present her master’s thesis, "A critical approach to understanding Naija," at the birthplace of American anthropology, Columbia University. The conference will be hosted by the Teachers College’s Language and Social Interaction Working Group from October 18th-19th.