Archaeology Research Collections

Welcome to the Archaeology Research Collections (ARC) exhibits. We are the home to archaeological collections managed by the Department of Anthropology at Southern Methodist University.  Our collections were generated through research and compliance excavations, as well as through gifts of avocational archaeologists and citizen scientists.


Support for the mission and programs of the Archaeology Research Collections at SMU has been provided by

The Summerlee Foundation The National Park Service ISEM at SMU Friends of the Texas Historical Commission