Shumla News

Former Shumla Intern, Madeline Okkonen, recalls her experience as an intern in San Marcos in the spring of 2023. She retells her time on an archive research and mapping project as well as fieldwork training with the crew to learn about the Shumla Method of Rock Art Documentation.

Part three of Carolyn Boyd and Phil Dering’s Mexico experience, as part of Shumla’s Hearthstone Project, describes their time at the rancho on the mesa at the edge of San Andrés and our trip out of the sierras.

Part two of Carolyn Boyd and Phil Dering’s Mexico experience, as part of Shumla’s Hearthstone Project, gives an account of our experience at a rancho the barrancas.

Part one of Carolyn Boyd and Phil Dering’s Mexico experience, as part of Shumla’s Hearthstone Project, provides background to our project and describes the first few days in Mexico and in San Andrés Cohamiata.

In ancient societies, the process of producing art carried as much meaning as the finished product. This is why we seek to discover how the Pecos River style murals were painted.