Guided Archaeology Trips in Big Bend
Angell Expeditions and well known Big Bend archaeologist David Keller now offer custom adventures with a focus on the archaeology, history, and geology of the Big Bend region.
Come learn more about the Big Bend’s rich and fascinating prehistoric and historic past and the new archeological discoveries that are constantly being made across the wildest and most remote corner of Texas.
Tours are customized to you and your group’s interests, and can include meals, overnight trips, and more. We offer day-long hikes and backpacking trips as well as trips where most travel is in a vehicle, canoe, or raft.
Tour areas include Alpine • Marfa • Fort Davis • Balmorhea • Terlingua • Presidio • Redford • Ruidosa • Candelaria and places in between
Call or email us to get started. Prices will vary, as these are custom outings.
About David Keller
A professional archaeologist and historian with more than two decades of experience, David has supervised archeological surveys of more than 35,000 acres in Big Bend National Park, Big Bend Ranch State Park, the Davis Mountains Preserve, and private and state lands across the greater Big Bend region.
He is the primary author and editor of the largest report of archeological investigations in Big Bend National Park ever conducted, and has written three books on regional history—Below the Escondido Rim: A History of the O2 Ranch in the Texas Big Bend, Alpine: Images of America, and the award winning In the Shadow of the Chinatis: A History of Pinto Canyon in the Big Bend. His work on the Porvenir Massacre, published in the Journal of Conflict Archaeology, revised the long-standing narrative of a massacre of 15 men of Hispanic descent during the Mexican Revolution. He is presently working on a new book on 1920s Big Bend photographer Frank Duncan.
To learn more about David’s work, go to: www.dkellerconsulting.com
