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Founded in 1951, the Museum of New Mexico Press is an award-winning publisher of finely designed and crafted books that reflect the collections of the Museum of New Mexico and explore the culture of the Southwest. Specializations include fine art and folk art, photography, Native Americana, the Hispanic Southwest, nature and gardening, and architecture and style. For a complete listing of books in print, call 800 249-7737. |
The Pottery of Acoma Pueblo
The pottery-making tradition of Acoma Pueblo is one of the most significant among the surviving pueblos of the American Southwest, and the craft continues to be important and profitable there today. Pottery made at Acoma has evolved considerably in form and decoration over the last seven centuries. This book is a comprehensive illustrated survey of Acoma pottery made between about 1300 and the present, illustrated with more than 1400 images—examples from museum and private collections, many published for the first time. There are also more than 940 names and biographies of potters working between the mid-1800s and the present.
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Healing the West
"Anyone living in the West needs to read this book. It's not an easy read, but necessary. In an age when land exploitation and profit prevail, this book is a reminder that geography holds many resou . . .
Medicinal Plants of the Mountain West
Drawing on research over his thirty-five-year career as a teacher, merchant, and alternative-medicine practitioner, Moore updates and revises his guide to further expose the botanical wealth of the mo . . .
GILA
A gorgeous two-volume, slip-cased set that includes essays by Charles Bowden, Phillip Connors, Jorge Garcia, Dave Foreman, John C. Horning, Rex Johnson Jr., Victor Masayesva Jr., Guy R. McPherson, Ale . . .
Village of Painters
The Patuas of West Bengal are a traditional artisan caste specializing in the production of painted narrative scrolls and the performance of songs to accompany their unrolling. Traditionally, the scro . . .
Jack Thorp's Songs of the Cowboys
For the last nineteen years, Thorp has sought out cowboy ballads and poems from across the west- from New Mexico and Texas to Wyoming and Utah, and has written a few ditties himself. . . .
