The TARL repository currently accepts a variety of collections and records for curation. These artifacts are stored in our state of the art facilities, for a fee.

TARL houses records from over 81,000 individual sites organized by county and trinomial. In order to safeguard site location, the site records at TARL are accessible only to archeological …

The forms provided are linked as downloadable PDF files, however, TARL staff can also provide them in a Microsoft Word template if necessary. *Please note that all forms and documents …

TARL maintains the inventory and current trinomial numbering system for archeological sites in Texas. To register a site, a digital site data form and an ArcGIS shapefile of the site location …

TARL’s records and archives are available to qualified archeologists for research purposes. As the primary repository for archeological site documentation in Texas, TARL’s records are …

TARL is excited to showcase Texas Beyond History's newest online exhibit: Midland Point Gallery! Idyllic is hardly the word that those familiar with the area around Midland, Texas, …

TARL provides important educational opportunities to students so they can build their future careers, and ensures that millions of artifacts are cared for, that new sites are documented …

TARL serves to advocate for the ancestors, tribal wishes, and collaborative research through respectful and transparent communication. We have used, and continue to use, terms such as …

TARL is excited to announce our collaboration with the Waterloo Greenway Conservatory, on their newest art installation: Past Deposits from a Future Yet to Come, from internationally …

The Center for Archaeological and Tropical Studies (CATS)—formerly the Mesoamerican Archaeological Research Laboratory (MARL)—is located within the Texas Archeological …