Dr. Steve Black

  • Associate Professor at Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts

Scholarly and Creative Works

2024

  • 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

2021

  • 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

2017

  • 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
  • Black, S. L., & Kilby, J. D. (2017). Bonfire Shelter (41VV218). In Texas Archaeological Society Lower Pecos Canyonlands Academy Guidebook (pp. 106–108). Texas Archaeological Society.
  • Koenig, C. W., Willis, M. D., & Black, S. L. (2017). Beyond the Square Hole. Advances in Archaeological Practice, 5(01), 54–70. https://doi.org/10.1017/aap.2016.8

2016

  • Willis, M. D., Koenig, C. W., Black, S. L., & Castaneda, A. M. (2016). Archeological 3D Mapping: The Structure from Motion Revolution. Journal of Texas Archeology and History, 3, 1–36. https://doi.org/https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4p1SsI5fon7eXFud0dmM3Y1eTg/view

2015

  • Black, S. L., Spradley, M. K., & Hamilton, M. D. (2015). Crevice Interments Deconstructed. Texas Journal of Archeology and History, 2, 1–16. Retrieved from https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4p1SsI5fon7el9NMGFuN3BVTHc/view
  • Black, S., Spradley, M. K., & Hamilton, M. D. (2015). Crevice interments deconstructed. Journal of Texas Archeology and History, 2, 1–17.

2014

  • Lohse, J. C., Culleton, B. J., Black, S. L., & Kennett, D. J. (2014). A Precise Chronology of Middle to Late Holocene Bison Exploitation in the Far Southern Great Plains. Texas Journal of Archeology and History, 1, 94–126.
  • Black, S. L. (2014). Toward an Improved Archaic Radiocarbon Chronology for Central Texas. Bulletin of the Texas Archeological Society, 85, 251–279.
  • Black, S. L., & Thoms, A. V. (2014). Hunter-Gatherer Earth Ovens in the Archaeological Record: Fundamental Concepts. American Antiquity, 79(4), 204–226.
  • Black, S. L. (2014). Eagle Nest Canyon: On the Trail of Ancient Southwest Texans. Hillviews, 45(2), 3–6.

2013

  • Black, S. L. (2013). Archaeologists of the Lower Pecos Canyonlands. In H. J. Shafer (Ed.), Painters in Prehistory: Archaeology and Art of the Lower Pecos Canyonlands (pp. 139–152). Trinity University Press.
  • Black, S. L. (2013). Two Paths in Texas Archeology: LeRoy Johnson, Jr. and Eldred Thomas Miller. Texas Archeology, 57(2), 18–23.

2011

  • Black, S. L. (2011). [Review of A History of the Ancient Southwest, by S. H. Lekson]. Southwestern Historical Quarterly.
  • Black, S. L. (2011). Lake Naconiche Prehistory. Retrieved from www.texasbeyondhistory.net/naconiche

2010

  • Hall, G. D., & Black, S. L. (2010). Chronological Bibliography of Lower Pecos Archeology. Bulletin of the Texas Archeological Society, 81, 205–226.
  • Black, S. L. (2010). [Review of Battles of the Red River War: Archeological Perspectives on the Indian Campaign of 1874, by J. B. Cruse]. Southwestern Historical Quarterly.
  • Black, S. L. (2010). Nuestra Señora de los Dolores de los Ais: Spanish Mission on the Camino Real. Retrieved from www.texasbeyondhistory.net/dolores/

2009

  • Black, S. L. (2009). Coastal Prairies and Marshlands Regional Exhibit Set. Retrieved from www.texasbeyondhistory.net/coast/
  • Black, S. L. (2009). Mitchell Ridge: Camp and Burial Ground on Galveston Island. Retrieved from www.texasbeyondhistory.net/mitchell/
  • Black, S. L. (2009). Guadalupe Bay: Shoreline Camp between River and Sea. Retrieved from www.texasbeyondhistory.net/guadbay/

2008

  • Black, S. L. (2008). Arenosa Shelter. Retrieved from www.texasbeyondhistory.net/arenosa/
  • Black, S. L. (2008). Trans-Pecos Mountains and Basins Regional Exhibit Set. Retrieved from www.texasbeyondhistory.net/trans-p/
  • Black, S. L. (2008). La Junta de los Rios: Villagers of the Chihuahuan Desert Rivers. Retrieved from www.texasbeyondhistory.net/junta/

2007

  • Black, S. L. (2007). Los Adaes: 18th-Century Capital of Spanish Texas. Retrieved from www.texasbeyondhistory.net/adaes/

2006

  • Black, S. L. (2006). South Texas Plains Regional Exhibit Set. Retrieved from www.texasbeyondhistory.net/st-plains/
  • Black, S. L. (2006). Hinojosa Site: On the Toyah Horizon in Deep South Texas. Retrieved from www.texasbeyondhistory.net/hinojosa/
  • Black, S. L. (2006). Morhiss Mound. Retrieved from www.texasbeyondhistory.net/morhiss/
  • Black, S. L. (2006). Choke Canyon: Hunter-Gatherer Life along the Frio River in the South Texas Brush Country. Retrieved from www.texasbeyondhistory.net/choke/

2005

  • Black, S. L. (2005). Plateaus and Canyondlands Regional Exhibit Set. Retrieved from www.texasbeyondhistory.net/plateaus/
  • Black, S. L. (2005). Hinds Cave: A Perishable Scientific Treasure. Retrieved from www.texasbeyondhistory.net/hinds/

2004

  • Black, S. L. (2004). Plains Villagers of the Texas Panhandle. Retrieved from www.texasbeyondhistory.net/villagers/
  • Black, S. L. (2004). Explorers, Excavators, and Promoters: A History of Plains Villager Research In the Texas Panhandle. Retrieved from www.texasbeyondhistory.net/villagers/research/
  • Black, S. L. (2004). Making Cordmarked Pottery. Retrieved from www.texasbeyondhistory.net/cordmarked/

2003

  • Collins, M. B., Hudler, D. B., & Black, S. L. (2003). Pavo Real (41BX52): A Paleoindian and Archaic Camp and Workshop on the Balcones Escarpment, South-Central Texas. Studies in Archeology 41. Texas Archeological Research Laboratory. Austin, TX: The University of Texas at Austin.
  • Black, S. L., & Jolly, K. (2003). Archaeology by Design. Archaeologist’s Toolkit Series #1. Altamira Press.
  • Black, S. L. (2003). Pavo Real: A Paleoindian and Archaic Campsite and Workshop on the Balcones Escarpment. Retrieved from www.texasbeyondhistory.net/pavoreal/
  • Black, S. L. (2003). Tejas: Life and Times of the Caddo. Retrieved from www.texasbeyondhistory.net/tejas/
  • Black, S. L. (2003). Created in Clay. Retrieved from www.texasbeyondhistory.net/tejas/clay/
  • Black, S. L. (2003). Caddo Fundamentals. Retrieved from www.texasbeyondhistory.net/tejas/fundamentals/
  • Black, S. L. (2003). Caddo Ancestors: Uncovering Early Caddo History. Retrieved from www.texasbeyondhistory.net/tejas/ancestors/

2002

  • Black, S. L. (2002). The Harrell Site: Peace and Violence on the Upper Brazos River. Retrieved from www.texasbeyondhistory.net/harrell/

2001

  • Black, S. L. (2001). Lower Pecos. Retrieved from www.texasbeyondhistory.net/pecos/
  • Black, S. L. (2001). Bonfire Shelter. Retrieved from www.texasbeyondhistory.net/bonfire/
  • Black, S. L. (2001). Firecracker Pueblo. Retrieved from www.texasbeyondhistory.net/firecracker/
  • Black, S. L. (2001). Mission San Sabá. Retrieved from www.texasbeyondhistory.net/sansaba/

2000

  • Decker, S., Black, S. L., & Gustavson, T. (2000). The Woodrow Heard Site, 41UV88, A Holocene Terrace Site in the Western Balcones Canyonlands of Southwestern Texas. Studies in Archeology 33. Austin, TX, USA: Texas Archeological Research Laboratory, The University of Texas at Austin.
  • Meskill, F. H., Shaw, L. C., & Black, S. L. (2000). Excavations at BX323, The Witte Museum Parcel: Archaic Period Occupations on the Banks of the San Antonio River, Bexar County, Texas. Technical Series 50. Austin, TX: Texas Archeological Research Laboratory, The University of Texas.

1998

  • Black, S. L., Frederick, C. D., Jolly, K., Lucas, J. R., Karbula, J. W., Takac, P. R., & Potter, D. R. (1998). Archeology Along the Wurzbach Parkway: Module 3, Investigation and Experimentation at the Higgins Site (41BX184). Studies in Archeology 27. Austin, Texas, USA: Texas Archeological Research Laboratory, The University of Texas at Austin.
  • Black, S. L., Karbula, J. W., Frederick, C. D., & Mear, C. G. (1998). Archeology Along the Wurzbach Parkway: Module 5, Testing and Geoarcheological Evaluation at the Number-6 Site (41BX996) and Other Sites. Studies in Archeology 29.

1997

  • Black, S. L., Ellis, L. W., Creel, D. G., & Goode, G. T. (1997). Hot Rock Cooking on the Greater Edwards Plateau: Four Burned Rock Midden Sites in West Central Texas. Studies in Archeology 22. Austin, TX: Texas Archeological Research Laboratory, The University of Texas at Austin.
  • Black, S. L. (1997). Hot Ideas, Half-baked Sotol, and Cold, Wet Looks. Cultural Resource Management News and Views, 9(1), 24–27.

1995

  • Black, S. L. (1995). (Texas) Archeology 1995. Bulletin of the Texas Archeological Society, 66, 17–45.
  • Black, S. L. (1995). “Archaeological and Ethnohistorical Background” and  “Prehistoric Ceramics” sections in Anna J. Taylor and C. Lynn Highley, Archeological Investigations at the Loma Sandia Site (41LK28): A Prehistoric Cemetery and Campsite in Live Oak County, Texas. Studies in Archeology 20. Austin, TX: Texas Archeological Research Laboratory, University of Texas.
  • Black, S. L., & Potter, D. R. (1995). Archeology along the Wurzbach Parkway, Module 2: Initial Testing and Evaluation of Five Prehistoric Sites in the Upper Salado Watershed, Bexar County, Texas. Studies in Archeology 18. Austin, TX: Texas Archeological Research Laboratory, University of Texas.
  • Potter, D. R., Black, S. L., & Jolly, K. (1995). Archeology along the Wurzbach Parkway, Module 1: Introduction, Conceptual Framework, and Contexts of Archeological Investigations in Bexar County, South-Central Texas. Studies in Archeology 17.

1994

  • Black, S. L., & Shafer, H. J. (1994). Archeology by the Numbers? A Dissenting and Trenchant Viewpoint on DAP Survey Guidelines. CRM News and Views, 6(2), 16–18.
  • Black, S. L., & Anthony, D. (1994). Operation 2031: The 1983 Main Plaza Excavations. Studies in Archeology 16. Austin, TX: Texas Archeological Research Laboratory, University of Texas.

1993

  • Black, S. L. (1993). Nailing the Coffin Shut on the Traditional Approach to Prehistoric Archeology in Texas: An Epitaph and Inquiry into the Afterlife. CRM News and Views.

1990

  • Black, S. L. (1990). The Carnegie Uaxactun Project and the Development of Maya Archaeology. Ancient Mesoamerica, 1, 257–276.

1989

  • Hester, T. R., & Black, S. L. (1989). From the Gulf to the Rio Grande: Human Adaptation in Central, South, and Lower Pecos Texas. Arkansas Archeological Survey Research Series No. 33.

1987

  • Black, S. L. (1987). Settlement Pattern Survey and Testing, 1985. CAR UTSA.

1986

  • Black, S. L. (1986). The Clemente and Herminia Hinojosa Site, 41 JW 8: A Toyah Horizon Campsite in Southern Texas. Special Report 18. CAR UTSA.
  • Black, S. L., & Suhler, C. K. (1986). The 1984 Rio Azul Settlement Survey. CAR UTSA.
  • Hall, G. D., Hester, T. R., & Black, S. L. (1986). The Prehistoric Sites at Choke Canyon Reservoir, Southern Texas: The Results of Phase II Archaeological Investigations. Choke Canyon Series (CCS) 10, CAR UTSA.
  • Black, S. L. (1986). El Pedernal Sheet of the Rio Azul Maps (1985). CAR UTSA.

1985

  • Black, S. L., & McGraw, A. J. (1985). The Panther Springs Creek Site: Cultural Change and Continuity in the Upper Salado Creek Drainage, South Central Texas. Archaeological Survey Report (ASR) 100: CAR UTSA.

1984

  • Potter, D. R., Hester, T. R., Black, S. L., & Valdez, F. (1984). Relationship Between Early Preclassic and Early Middle Preclassic Sites in Northern Belize: A Comment on “Lowland Maya Archaeology at the Crossroads.” American Antiquity, 49(3), 628–631.
  • Black, S. L., & Potter, D. R. (1984). Architectural Recording. CAR UTSA.

1983

  • Black, S. L., & Cox, I. W. (1983). A Cultural Resource Survey of Dredge Disposal Sites along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Brazoria and Matagorda Counties, Texas. CAR UTSA, ASR 124.

1982

  • Brown, K. M., Potter, D. R., Hall, G. D., & Black, S. L. (1982). Excavations at 41 LK 67, A Prehistoric Site in the Choke Canyon Reservoir, South Texas. CAR UTSA, CCS 7.
  • Hall, G. D., Black, S. L., & Graves, C. (1982). Archaeological Investigations at Choke Canyon Reservoir, South Texas: Phase I Findings. CAR UTSA, CCS 5.

1979

  • Fox, A. S., Black, S. L., & James, S. R. (1979). Intensive Survey and Testing of Archaeological Sites on Coleto Creek, Victoria and Goliad Counties, Texas. CAR UTSA, ASR 67.

1978

  • Black, S. L. (1978). Archaeological Investigations at the Banquete Bend Site  (41 NU 63), Nueces County, Texas. CAR UTSA, ASR 63.

1977

  • Roemer, E. Jr., & Black, S. L. (1977). Archaeological Survey and Testing at the City of Live Oak Park, Bexar County, Texas. CAR UTSA, ASR 47.
  • Black, S. L. (1977). An Archaeological Survey of the Radium Springs Area, Southern New Mexico. (T. R. Hester, Ed.), CAR UTSA, ASR 26.

1976

  • Black, S. L. (1976). An Historical and Archaeological Assessment of the Proposed San Antonio Botanical Center. CAR-UTSA, ASR 24.