Big Bend's Ancient and Modern Past

Introduction: Big Bend History And Prehistory / Bruce A. Glasrud And Robert J. Mallouf -- Prehistory Meets History -- Cradles, Cribs, And Mattresses: Prehistoric Sleeping Accommodations In The Chihuahuan Desert / Solveig A. Turpin -- Comments On The Prehistory Of Far Northeastern Chihuahua, The La Junta District, And The Cielo Complex / Robert J. Mallouf -- The Rough Run Burial: A Semisubterranean Cairn Burial From Brewster County, Texas / William A. Cloud -- The Río Conchos Drainage: History, Archaeology, Significance / J. Charles Kelley -- History Meets Native Americans -- Native American And Mestizo Farming At La Junta De Los Ríos / Enrique R. Madrid -- The Peyote Religion And Mescalero Apaches: An Ethnohistorical View From West Texas / Stacy B. Schaefer -- Spanish-indian Relations In The Big Bend Region During The Eighteenth And Early Nineteenth Centuries / Elizabeth A.h. John -- New Light On Chisos Apache Indian Chief Alsate / Franklin W. Daugherty And Luis López Elizondo -- Settlers And Settlements -- Settlements And Settlers At La Junta De Los Ríos, 1759-1822 / Oakah L. Jones -- Mexican American Traditional Foodways At La Junta De Los Ríos / Joe S. Graham -- Naming Practices Among The Black Seminole Of The Texas-mexico Border Region / Mischa B. Adams -- Transient Clergy In The Trans-pecos Area, 1848-1892 / Robert E. Wright -- William Rufus Shafter With The Frontier Army In The Big Bend / Paul H. Carlson -- Acculturation On The Rio Grande Frontier: The Founding Of San José Del Polvo And The Family Of Lucia Rede Madrid / Earl H. Elam -- Glossary Of Archaeological Terms / Robert J. Mallouf -- Suggested Readings / Bruce A. Glasrud And Robert J. Mallouf. Edited By Bruce A. Glasrud And Robert J. Mallouf ; Foreword By Lonn Taylor. Compilation Of Articles Originally Published In The Journal Of Big Bend Studies. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.