STAA
The Southern Texas Archaeological Association

TARL
Texas Archaeological Research Lab at UT Austin

TAS
Texas Archeological Society

Trinomial Site Number
The Texas Archaeological Research Lab at UT Austin has been given the task of curating information on archaeological sites in Texas. TARL has built a secure database of all recorded sites in Texas. TARL uses the trinomial site number system. This type of system uses a three section number.

The first two digits represent the state. Texas is the 41st state. Then a county abbreviation (see county abbreviation form), and finally the site number within that county.

example: 41ME1 = Texas, Medina Co., site #1