Tag: Emma Lou Davis

Back to the Pleistocene: Adventures with a Forgotten Taos Modern

by Ann JapengaDecember 7, 2022

On a November day in 1961, Emma Lou Davis was returning home from an archaeology dig in her usual grunge attire: Shorts, heavy boots and work shirt. Her sweat-sculpted hair stuck out in all directions, her fingernails were grimy, face…

Sylvia Winslow Scouts the Great White Sink

by Ann JapengaAugust 23, 2022

The Pleistocene shorelines that drew Sylvia Winslow are mostly off-limits now behind the gates of the million-plus acre Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake. On a recent trip to research Sylvia’s life, I longed to duck behind those gates. Even…