Council of Texas Archeologists

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Current News

CTA Student Research Grant Award

We had several applicants this year and reviewed proposals for quite a few interesting studies. The 2010 Grant has been awarded to Texas A&M student Masahiro Kamiya. Grant funding will be used to analyze organic residues from a group of features at Site 41BX831. Congratulations on the award, and thanks to everyone who submitted an application.

Jim Hughey
CTA Membership Committee Chair

Student Research Grant Deadline Extended

At our Spring 2010 meeting the membership approved a measure to extend the deadline for the 2010 Student Research Grant to May 15, 2010. Please note the change! More information can be found here.

E. Mott Davis Award Nominations

Check out the 2010 Nominations for the E. Mott Davis Award for Excellence in Public Outreach. On the left sidebar, click "CTA Committees", then "Public Education Committee."

Spring 2010 Newsletter Ready

The Spring 2010 CTA Newsletter is ready for download. Please go to the Newsletters Section of the website and click to top link.

New Contractors List Committee Chair

Shelly Fischbeck is now our new Contractors List Committee Chair, replacing Erin Watkins. We thank Erin for many years of service to this active committee, and welcome Shelly to the position. If you need to contact Shelly, please email her here.

Address Change

Please note that the CTA mailing address has CHANGED!
Please direct all membership forms, payments and other correspondence to the following address:

Carole Leezer, CTA Secretary
Center for Archaeological Studies
Texas State University
601 University Drive
San Marcos , Texas 78666

Fall 2009 Newsletter is Ready

The Fall 2009 CTA Newsletter is now ready for viewing. Please go to the Newsletters section of this website (look to the bar on the left) and download the PDF.

CTA TAM Grant Information

Below is a link to the application guidelines for the Texas Archeology Month grants offered by the CTA. Application deadline is July 31, 2009. CTA TAM award guidelines

TxDOT Analysis Protocols

Below are two links to the TxDOT Draft Analysis Protocols presented at the Spring 2009 CTA Meeting. The first link is the PowerPoint presentation and the second is the handout with select comments from the archaeological community. The full protocols will be available for public access and review at a later date.

PowerPoint Presentation
Comments

2009 Spring Newsletter Ready

The 2009 Spring Newsletter is ready for download. Please click on the "CTA Newsletters" link to the left to access the Newsletters page and download the PDF file.