Hidden History: Women And Children At Historic Mining Sites In The Tularosa Basin
El Paso Museum of Archaeology 4301 Woodrow Bean Transmountain Dr, El PasoJohn Taylor-Montoya PhD, Executive Director for the Office of Archaeological Studies, New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs. While working in southern New Mexico Dr. Taylor-Montoya documented hundreds of historic mining sites dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. The received wisdom was that the vast majority of the mines were “commuter” sites. Miners lived …