Reason Established: Established as an organizational unit of TAMU within the College of Liberal Arts to focus on the initial peopling of the Americas. The Center was founded and was directed by an internationally recognized archaeologist who joined the faculty of TAMU. The Center's endowment of $1.7 million was transferred to the A&M Foundation to support research operations. Contact: 845-4046; csfa@tamu.edu: 4352 TAMU; <> [pdf of documents on file]