CBBS Pauses Annual Conference for 2026
The Center for Big Bend Studies is cancelling its annual conference in 2026, pausing the fall gathering as CBBS looks ahead to its next chapter. For the past 32 years, the conference has brought friends, colleagues and [...]
Adam Johnson Named Director of Center for Big Bend Studies
Environmental anthropologist will join Sul Ross State University in January 2027 ALPINE, Texas – Sul Ross State University has named Dr. Adam Johnson as the next director of the Center for Big Bend Studies (CBBS), bringing an [...]
New Research Paper on Atlatls
Atlatls have a deep history in the Big Bend as evidenced by the recent 6,000-year-old example from San Esteban Rockshelter. Like most weapons, the atlatl can be constructed in different ways for different things, like hunting rabbits, [...]