42 Days in the Field with the University of Kansas
We just finished 42 days in the field at San Esteban Rockshelter with the University […]
CBBS Archaeologist Learns how to make Yucca Sandals
CBBS archaeologist, Erika Blecha, went to Santa Fe, New Mexico to study with Mary Weahkee at the New Mexico Office of Archaeological Studies, to learn how to make two different types of Yucca sandals and Yucca fiber cordage found. This was a wonderful experience […]
Collaborative Sloth Dung Research at Spirit Eye Cave Published in the Texas Journal of Science
CBBS is excited to announce a new publication in the Texas Journal of Science on Late Pleistocene SLOTH DUNG found in Spirit Eye Cave in Presidio County, Texas. This was a collaboration between the Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, South Dakota, CBBS, and Indiana […]
2021 CBBS/SRSU Archaeological Field School June 1 – July 6
The Center will be conducting a field school this summer at San Esteban Rockshelter in Marfa, Texas. Details are in the picture, and please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions.
In Ancient DNA Findings, Profound Implications for Big Bend’s Past, and Present
This week, the Big Bend Ancient DNA research conducted by CBBS Director Dr. Bryon Schroeder in collaboration with Dr. Meredith Snow and Tre Blohm from the University of Montana is featured on Marfa Public Radio’s Nature Notes. This research was published in the Journal […]
In Presidio County, CBBS Archeologists Document the Ancient Architecture of Warfare
This week, preliminary research by CBBS on defensive sites in the Big Bend Region was featured on Marfa Public Radio’s Nature Notes. For archaeologists, defensive sites are an essential indicator of group conflict and help us understand the conditions that lead to war. Link […]
New CBBS Publication: Prehistory in the Calamity Creek Valley, Brewster County, Texas
NEW PUBLICATION: From the Center’s in-house publication series: Trans –Pecos Archaeological Program No. 7, “Prehistory in the Calamity Creek Valley: Brewster County, Texas.” This book not only documents the work done by a 1996 Sul Ross State University archaeological field school, but it also […]
Adobe Testing at Castolon in Big Bend National Park
Over the Thanksgiving holiday, CBBS senior project archeologist, David Keller, conducted adobe testing at Castolon in Big Bend National Park in preparation for a major historic preservation effort on the Alvino and Dorgan houses under a cooperative agreement with the National Park Service. The […]
Nature Notes: Odyssey in Big Bend: Tracking the Continent’s First People in the Texas Desert
Dr. Rolfe Mandel from the University of Kansas, and Dr. Bryon Schroeder talk about our latest collaborative work in locating the continent’s first people in the Texas desert on Marfa Public Radio’s Nature Notes.
Listen to or read the story on Marfa […]
Polynomial Texture Map Created by Mark Willis
Mark Willis compiled this data from one of the Center’s project areas in the Big Bend region. With PTM, it is possible to manually adjust the direction and intensity of light in the digital photo (that is, on the computer after collecting field data). […]