Tim Mulvihill uses a gradiometer during an archeogeophysical survey.
Tim Mulvihill of the Arkansas Archeological Survey will present “The Arkansas Archeological Survey’s Archeogeophysics Program” at the October meeting of the Ouachita Chapter of the Arkansas Archeological Society.
This talk will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 7, at 7 p.m. in the Rainey Room in the new CIC Building at Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts, 200 Whittington Ave., Hot Springs. The event is free and open to the public.
After many years building the archeogeophysics or remote sensing program for the Arkansas Archeological Survey, Dr. Jami Lockhart retired at the end of 2024. Mulvihill, former Station Archeologist at the Survey’s UAFS Research Station, was asked to take over the program. Mulvihill has worked on many projects with Lockhart, some of which are still ongoing. A brief review of archeogeophysics will be given along with a summary of some of the projects that Mulvihill has been involved with, including information on possible future projects.
Mulvihill has worked for the Arkansas Archeological Survey for 36 years, starting out as a Station Assistant at the ASU and Parkin research stations. In 2005, Mulvihill started a new research station at the University of Arkansas – Fort Smith (UAFS). Most recently, he took over the Survey’s archeogeophysics program in Fayetteville in 2025. His work over the years has involved both precontact and postcontact archeological research, conducting geophysical survey and excavations at many sites across the state, including the 16th century Parkin site in NE Arkansas and the Drennen Scott Historic Site owned by UAFS.
The Arkansas Archeological Survey’s research station at Henderson State University holds regular Archeology Lab Days. Students and members of the public are invited to come by the research station in Proctor Hall on Thursdays between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. to learn more about archeology in Arkansas. For more information, contact Clay Newton at 870-230-5463.