Occasional Papers
In 1996 is the Center for Big Bend Studies established a new publication series, called Occasional Papers, which allows the Center to publish book-length studies of an interdisciplinary nature.
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Exploring the Past in Trans-Pecos Texas
Trans-Pecos Texas is located in the north-central portion of the Chihuahuan Desert, one of the highest North American deserts in terms of both maximum and mean elevation above sea level. The region lies along the eastern edge of the Basin and Range province, a physiographically variable land mass characterized by […]
On the Trail with Apache Adams
People come from far and wide to experience the Big Bend. The spellbinding desert mountain scenery, the wide vistas and deep canyon gorges, and the majestic mountain “islands” in the basin “seas,” all tend to build in the bloodstream, […]
Hispanic History and Pioneers of El Barrio, Alpine, Texas, 1882-1910
Humans have populated the Big Bend for the past 10,000 years. The Spaniards arrived in 1535 when Cabeza de Vaca traveled through what is now Brewster County. By the close of the seventeenth century Mescalero-Apache, Kiowa, Comanche, and other nomadic Indians of the western plains of North America inhabited the […]
Toyah Arrow Points in the Big Bend
Toyah arrow points (see drawings) have long been recognized as very distinctive and common projectiles in archeological assemblages of the Trans-Pecos region. These small triangular points are characterized by triangular blades, two side notches anywhere […]
Four Painted Pebbles from Jacal (Harkell) Canyon in the McNutt Collection
As the Museum of the Big Bend settles into its new quarters in Lawrence Hall, we are provided the opportunity to examine some of the objects in the collections
which have been part of permanent exhibits in […]
West Texas Rock Art
November Big Bend Conference in Alpine Features Popular Rock Art Presentations
By Dorde Woodruff
The director of the Center for Big Bend Studies (CBBS), Bob Mallouf, was pleased to have a large turnout for the 9th Annual Conference on the History, Archaeology, and Culture of the Trans-Pecos, Big Bend and Northern Mexico.
Especially […]
Meanwhile, in Texas: A Conversation with Dr. Bryon Schroeder
Bryon Schroeder interviewed February 10, 2020 for Archaeology Podcast Network
The interview lasts 52 minutes and is a 47.7MB download.