MPR Nature Notes: In the Prehistoric Story of Corn, Big Bend’s Indigenous People Played a Role
Bryon Schroder interviewed July 31, 2025 for Marfa Public Radio: Nature Notes
The interview lasts 4 minutes and 00 seconds.
It’s one of the most widely produced crops on Earth – a staple in diets worldwide, a primary feed for livestock, and a component in […]
Sul Ross Archaeology Club Wins Student and Advisor Awards!
We are so proud to be honored by Sul Ross State University for our Archaeology Club and its student advisors. At the university’s annual award ceremony in May, the club won the “Rising Star Award” in the Student Organization category while Dr. Devin Pettigrew and Dr. Bryon Schroeder were selected […]
MPR Nature Notes: Mammoth Find: A Tusk Discovery Points to Big Bend’s Rich Ice Age Past
Bryon Schroder interviewed May 8, 2025 for Marfa Public Radio: Nature Notes
The interview lasts 4 minutes and 00 seconds.
It was an exciting discovery. In March, a hunter on the O2 Ranch south of Alpine found what appeared to be an ivory tusk in […]
CBBS Research in the New York Times!
CBBS Director Dr. Bryon Schroeder, and CBBS Researcher and Assistant Professor of Anthropology Dr. Devin Pettigrew were interviewed for the New York Times on the 6,500-year-old weapon kit from San Esteban Rockshelter.
New York Times: 6,500-Year-Old Hunting Kit Found in West Texas
New York Times, April 4, 2025, by Livia Albeck-Ripka
6,500-Year-Old Hunting Kit Found in West Texas
The ancient weapons, found in a cave near Marfa, could be among the oldest near-complete set of wood and stone hunting tools […]
2025 Summer Archaeological Fieldschool
2025 Sul Ross State University Archaeological Field School
May 28 to July 4, 2025
6 credit hours (3 ten-day field sessions)
This course will provide students first-hand experience doing archaeological fieldwork in the Texas Big Bend. Our primary work will […]
Texas Standard: Hunter discovers rare mammoth tusk on West Texas ranch
Bryon Schroder interviewed March 17, 2025 for Texas Standard: The National Daily News Show of Texas
The interview lasts 6 minutes and 01 seconds.
The terrain of Texas never ceases to reveal hidden treasures of the past. In fact, just this last December, a West […]
Secret of an Ancient Hunt: Cave discovery of a hunting kit yields a vivid glimpse into Big Bend history.
Texas Parks & Wildlife Magazine March 6, 2025, story by Louie Bond
It might seem like only bits of sticks and rock in a cave, but the discovery of a pristinely preserved hunting kit is shining a new light on the fascinating lives of West Texas’ earliest residents.
Deep inside that […]
Rare Mammoth Tusk Discovered at West Texas Ranch
Although he was searching for deer, a hunter at the O2 Ranch (a privately owned ranch in Brewster and Presidio counties) found something very different and a little puzzling.
Could it be a mammoth tusk? In West Texas?
“I was skeptical when a deer hunter showed me a picture of what […]