The Arkansas Archeological Survey Feature of the Month for October highlights excavations of Features 15 and 16 at Camp Halsey by UCA field school students! The full summary can be viewed at the following link: https://archeology.uark.edu/features/camp-halsey-water/
The 2023 UCA Field Archaeology course has officially concluded! The fifth year of field school was another productive year with new data collected, skills learned, and knowledge gained regarding Camp Halsey (3FA313), as well as a day spent mapping an undocumented rural cemetery in northern Faulkner County. And, the weather was great… low humidity and…
It’s that time again! Beginning May 15 through June 2, 2023 students from the University of Central Arkansas (UCA) will participate in the fifth year of archaeological research at Camp Halsey (3FA313). These efforts are part of the Field Archaeology course offered at UCA during the May Intersession and are part of a long-term collaborative…
The Jamie C. Brandon Center for Archaeological Research announces the publication of a newly created website associated with research on CCC camps in Arkansas. The site contains a comprehensive list of CCC camps in Arkansas with their role, affiliated Companies, archaeological designation, newsletters, and an associated bibliography. The site also contains a section called “Camp…
The 2022 UCA Field Archaeology course has officially concluded! As with previous field seasons, we had a very productive year with lots of new data collected, skills learned, and knowledge gained regarding Camp Halsey (3FA313) and the occupational history of the site. This season, three new architectural features (AF14, AF15, and AF16) were excavated and…
Between May 16 and June 3, 2022 students from the University of Central Arkansas (UCA) and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock will participate in the fourth year of archaeological research at Camp Halsey (3FA313). These efforts are part of the Field Archaeology course offered at UCA during the May Intersession, along with an…
The 2021 UCA Field Archaeology course has officially concluded! After being forced to cancel the 2020 field season, it was very rewarding to be doing research at Camp Halsey again with UCA students. We had a great group this year, and everyone was very productive with new insights gathered using a variety of data collection…
From May 10-28, 2021 University of Central Arkansas students will resume archaeological research at Camp Halsey (3FA313) as part of the Field Archaeology course offered at UCA. The UCA field course is part of a long-term collaborative project between UCA and the Faulkner County Museum to map, evaluate, and document historical and archaeological resources in…
Jacob Madle recently presented his 2019 field school research at Camp Halsey during the 2019 Arkansas Archeological Society meeting in Hot Springs, Arkansas. He was awarded the Hester A. Davis scholarship for 2019 to support travel to the meeting to give his presentation. Congrats Jacob! His paper is entitled, Camp Halsey: From Above to Below.…
After a very productive two-weeks playing in the dirt and tallying tick totals, we have completed the second season of the UCA Field Archaeology course! We now know that the Army Garage, Building 19 (Feature 10) was razed October 1937 and converted into a Blacksmith shop, Building 26. Building 19 is visible in the Feb.…
From May 13-31, 2019 University of Central Arkansas students will continue archeological research at Camp Halsey (3FA313) as part of the Field Archaeology course offered at UCA. The upcoming UCA field course is part of a long-term collaborative project between researchers at UCA and Faulkner County Museum to map, evaluate, and document historical and archaeological resources…
On Friday, May 25 UCA students visited the site of Camp Hollis along Route 7 in the Ouachita National Forest. The camp was one of sixteen camps that existed with the National Forest was first occupied on May 22, 1933 and was active (with a short vacancy in 1935) until 1941. Enrollee efforts were largely…
Cindy Beckman from the Log Cabin Democrat visited us during our 2018 UCA field school and wrote a nice piece about the work! You can read the article here: “In the Field at Camp Halsey”
After a hot and humid week filled with a bed of poison ivy (our workspace) and hundreds (thousands?) of ticks, we have successfully completed the scheduled field work associated with the first Field Archaeology (ANTH 4480) field school at UCA! What began as an inquiry into what was thought to be a possible infirmary (Feature…
From May 14-18, 2018 University of Central Arkansas students will be conducting archeological field work at Camp Halsey (3FA313) as part of the first accredited archaeological field school at UCA. The upcoming UCA field school at Camp Halsey is part of a long-term collaborative project between researchers at UCA and Faulkner County Museum to map,…