Women and Jodhpurs and Pipes, Oh My!
BY HANNAH ABELBECK A friend of mine, Annie Sahlin, often comes in to work on some of the materials she [...]
Notes
Stitches in Time
BY PETER BG SHOEMAKER DESPITE SOME SIMILARITIES—like long tables, extendable lights, and various tubes [...]
That Sink of Vice and Extravagance
Santa Fe’s Fort Marcy Military Reservation BY MATTHEW J. BARBOUR On August 15, 1846, General Stephen Watts [...]
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 [...]
The Siege of Santa Fe
BY MATTHEW J. BARBOUR The Pueblo Revolt of 1680 was a pivotal event in New Mexico history. Under the guidance [...]
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 [...]
Archaeology in the Place of Suffering
BY MATTHEW J. BARBOUR AND DONALD E. TATUM Fort Sumner was established in 1862 to enforce the confinement of [...]
Learning the Ropes:
BY RICK HENDRICKS Rope is one of man’s oldest tools. Almost every culture on Earth twisted animal hair, [...]
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