Tag: Emma Lou Davis

Back to the Pleistocene: Adventures with a Forgotten Taos Modern

by Ann JapengaDecember 7, 2022 • 22 Comments

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 • 14 Comments

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…