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 environmental anthropologist with experience in human-wildlife relationships and a strong connection to West Texas […]
By its nature, archaeology spans generations and political boundaries. Archaeologists labor in the excavated footsteps of their predecessors, who searched for history and culture in the lands now called Texas and Mexico. In May 2024, the […]
We are thrilled to announce a new CBBS publication is now available for purchase! Erika Blecha’s impressive book on biographic rock art along the Rio Grande is live on our website! This book is not only […]
The interview lasts 7 minutes, 30 seconds and is a 3.49 MB download.
By Andrew Stuart
When it comes to understanding the deep history of human life in the Americas, our […]
Published August 9, 2019 in the Texas Observer, story by Sasha von Oldershausen
Like a cross-section of the desert, David Keller’s book reveals layers of overlapping history in the spectacular and rugged Pinto Canyon.
“Other than by foot or horseback, there are only two ways to get to Pinto Canyon,” […]
Published April 15, 2019 in the San Antonio Express News, story by John MacCormack
For the urban tourists bound from Marfa to the Chinati Hot Springs, the desert canyon is mute as to the human dramas that played out here over the last century.
Tucked into a remote corner of […]
Published April 11, 2016 in the San Antonio Express News, story by John MacCormack
When the shooting ended on the moonlit night of Jan. 28, 1918, the crumpled bodies of 15 unarmed Mexican boys and men between the ages of 16 and 72 lay scattered in the brush downriver […]
Bryon Schroeder, Ph.D.
Director, Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Center for Big Bend Studies
Sul Ross State University
Ferguson Hall, Suite 114, Box C-71
Alpine, TX 79832
Phone: 432-837-8339
Fax: (432) 837-8381
Email: bryon.schroeder@sulross.edu
Andrea Ohl
Archaeologist
Center for Big Bend Studies
Sul Ross State University
Ferguson Hall, Suite 114, Box C-71
Alpine, TX 79832
Phone: 432-837-8179
Fax: (432) 837-8381
Email: cbbs@sulross.edu
Andrea earned a B.A. in anthropology from the University […]
Robert Mallouf
Director 1995-2008
Center for Big Bend Studies
Sul Ross State University
Ferguson Hall, Suite 114, Box C-71
Alpine, TX 79832
Phone: 5987-683-(234)
Fax: (432) 837-8381
Email: moc.liamg@fuollamtrebor
Robert J. Mallouf has been conducting archeological research and preservation […]
