That Sink of Vice and Extravagance
Santa Fe’s Fort Marcy Military Reservation BY MATTHEW J. BARBOUR On August 15, 1846, General Stephen Watts [...]
Research Notes
223 Years of Colonial Mail in New Mexico
BY HENRIETTA MARTINEZ CHRISTMAS If not for the colonial postal system, communications with Mexico and Spain [...]
A House for Fray Alonso
The Search for Pilabó Pueblo and the First Piro Mission, Nuestra Señora del Socorro BY MICHAEL BLETZER One [...]
Five Barrels of Cochineal A Gift from King Philip III of Spain to Shah ‘Abbas I of Iran
BY MARIANNA SHREVE SIMPSON On April 8, 1614, Castilian nobleman Don García de Silva y Figueroa set sail from [...]
Seeing Red
Finding Cochineal BY MARK MACKENZIE Enter the Museum of International Folk Art exhibition The Red That [...]
Micaceous Pots Are For Cooking, Still
BY DEBORAH MADISON Just as chiles might be regarded as the iconic food of New Mexico, micaceous pots are the [...]
The Archaeologist’s recipe for a Lasting Glow
BY PATRICIA CROWN I was asked to submit a recipe for the FUZE.SW food + folklore conference, taking place on [...]
The Early Farmers of Jemez Cave
BY MATTHEW J. BARBOUR When most people think of people living in caves, they think of ancient hunters killing [...]
Turquoise at Ogapogeh
BY MATTHEW J. BARBOUR In October 2008, the Santa Fe Community Convention Center opened at the northeast [...]
Learning the Ropes:
BY RICK HENDRICKS Rope is one of man’s oldest tools. Almost every culture on Earth twisted animal hair, [...]
Copper Pots Get Hammered
BY CYNTHIA BAUGHMAN Several years ago curator Nicolasa Chávez was in Trujillo, Spain, conducting research [...]
Hidden Secrets of the Hides
BY KATE NELSON In the close confines of a Palace of the Governors gallery, a group of scientists wearing [...]
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