Dr. Carolyn E. Boyd,
Executive Director

Carolyn E. Boyd received her B.A. and her Ph.D. in Anthropology from Texas A&M University. She is an archaeologist, adjunct faculty at Texas State University, and the Executive Director of Shumla, a nonprofit organization Studying the Human Use of Materials,
Land, and Art. Dr. Boyd is actively engaged in several educational outreach programs through the organization. Boyd's primary research interests are the fields of cognitive and experimental archaeology, as they apply to the technology and interpretation of the prehistoric art of the Lower Pecos River region in southwestern Texas and northern Mexico. Her research examines the role of artists as active participants in the social, economic, and ideological fabric of the community and the function of art as a mechanism for social and environmental adaptation. Dr. Boyd's first book, Rock Art of the Lower Pecos, published by Texas A&M University Press, was released in November 2003.