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Texas State University

Dr. Steve Black

  • Associate Professor - Anthropology
  • ELA 266
  • tel:+15122458272
  • sb57@txstate.edu
  • Grants
  • Scholarly/Creative work
  • Awards
  • Service

Featured grants

  • Black, Stephen L (Principal). TRIP Fund, $165000. (Funded: 2015). Grant.
  • Black, Stephen L (Principal). Private donation, Ancient Southwest Texas Project, $5000. (Funded: 2012). Grant.
  • Black, Stephen L (Principal). George and Cynthia Mitchell Foundation, $5000. (Funded: 2012). Grant.
  • Black, Stephen L (Principal). George and Cynthia Mitchell Foundation, $5000. (Funded: 2011). Grant.
  • Black, Stephen L. Research Enhancement Grant, “"Holocene Landscape Use Intensity in the Lower Pecos Canyonlands", Texas State University, $8000. (Funded: 2011). Grant.
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Featured scholarly/creative works

  • Black, S. L., Kilby, J. D., & Castañeda, A. M. (Eds.). (2024). The Archaeology of Eagle Nest Canyon: Papers in Honor of Jack and Wilmuth Skiles. Journal of Texas Archeology and History (Vol. Special Volume No. 6). Austin, Texas. Retrieved from https://jtah.org/2024/03/21/j-t-a-h-special-volume-6-the-archaeology-of-eagle-nest-canyon-texas-papers-in-honor-of-jack-and-wilmuth-skiles/
  • Black, S. L., & Kilby, J. D. (2024). Eagle Nest Canyon Archaeological History. Journal of Texas Archeology and History, Special Volume No. 6, 11–28. Retrieved from https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BJh2ksFDuuHrEpXIQinpqEXoRw7MEter/view
  • Black, S. L., & Kilby, J. D. (2024). Eagle Nest Canyon ASWT Data: Ongoing and Future Research. Journal of Texas Archeology and History, Special Volume No. 6, 469–484. Retrieved from https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ljv6ksDJSP-hx7WVPnPKy5cAYSpJRuHb/view
  • Koenig, C. W., Kilby, J. D., Jurgens, C. J., Becerra-Valdivia, L., Ringstaff, C. W., Hanselka, J. K., … Mead, J. I. (2021). A Newly Identified Younger Dryas Component in Eagle Cave, Texas. American Antiquity. https://doi.org/10.1080/20555563.2021.1940441
  • Gershtein, E. C., Willis, M., Black, S. L., Castaneda, A. M., Buonasera, T., Koenig, C. W., … Nadel, D. (2017). High-resolution mapping and analysis of shiny grooved rock surfaces: The case study of the Skiles Shelter, Lower Pecos, Texas. QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL, 439, 69–82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2016.12.008
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Featured awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Distinguished Service Award (for TBH), Texas Archeological Society. 2003 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Dean’s Award for Excellence in Developmental Funding, College of Liberal Arts. 2014
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Favorite Professor, Alpha Chi College Honor Society. 2012
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Fellow of the Society, Texas Archeological Society. 2012
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Favorite Professor, Alpha Chi College Honor Society. 2011
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Featured service activities

  1. Editor

    TexasBeyondHistory.net

    June 2018 - Present
  2. Member

    Research Enhancement Grant Proposal Review Committee

    2017 - Present
  3. Member

    Advisory Board, Center for Archaeological Studies

    2015 - Present
  4. Editorial Review Board Member

    Journal of Texas Archeology and History

    2014 - Present
  5. Member

    Research Board, SHUMLA School

    2013 - Present
  6. Other

    Experimental Archaeology Club

    2010 - 2018
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