Fall 2013

BY LAURA ADDISON Great artworks have staying power — intellectually, if not always physically. Many [...]

BY PENELOPE HUNTER-STIEBEL When conservator Landis Smith told me that she was working on an exceptional [...]

BY DANIEL KOSHAREK The final gleanings of Kenneth Chapman’s life as an archaeologist and artist arrived in [...]

BY FRANCES LEVINE I am dirty, ragged and sunburnt, but of best cheer. My life’s work has begun at last. — [...]

J. MICHAEL BREMER WITH SHELLEY THOMPSON Once a month my husband and I grab daypacks, hiking sticks, and [...]

BY DODY FUGATE When I was very young my family and I used to travel from down south to visit a park in [...]

BY CHRIS MERRIMAN The relationship between professional archaeologists and private collectors has been [...]

BY JAKOB WILLIAM SEDIG Since 1971 the Museum of New Mexico (MNM) has owned one of the largest and [...]

BY JASON S. SHAPIRO Sylvanus Griswold Morley (1882–1948) has been cited as a possible model for Steven [...]

BY SHELLEY THOMPSON In this issue of El Palacio, we present articles exploring archaeology, conservation, and [...]

BY MAXINE MCBRINN Linda Cordell, the grande dame of Southwestern archaeology, died suddenly and peacefully at [...]

BY MATTHEW J. BARBOUR AND DONALD E. TATUM Fort Sumner was established in 1862 to enforce the confinement of [...]

BY VALERIE K. VERZUH The Diné baskets generally known as “wedding baskets” are actually woven for use in [...]

By Valerie K Verzuh North American Indian baskets are cultural histories—documents of the aesthetics, [...]

BY CARRIE B. MORITOMO Edward Gonzales, one of New Mexico’s most popular and beloved artists, is among the [...]