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University students paired excavation with oral-history interviews to study an abandoned Penitente morada in Dixon, UNM reports. The field course brought together UNM, Barnard College and Columbia University participants. Community knowledge helped place surviving foundations, adobe walls and other discoveries within the area’s cultural history.
The university says students shared their findings with community members, and some materials are displayed at the Embudo Valley Library. The work explores northern New Mexico’s Indigenous and Hispano histories through both physical evidence and the memories of local residents.
Source: Anna Padilla, UNM Newsroom. Source or verification date recorded by the newsroom: 2026-11-02.
