While this isn't a typical landscape picture, it is interesting. I got a little inspiration in the mail today from Sam to get back to work on my dissertation. So I framed and hung it on the wall above my desk.

The man in the painting is Frank Hibben. Dr. Hibben is well known in southwest archaeology, mostly for his research into some of the earliest cultures in the New World, notably Sandia, which has been documented at only two sites in North America, both of which Hibben had a hand in. Almost immediately after the initial discovery at Sandia Cave there have been questions about the authenticity of the sites. As part of my dissertation I have been researching the Lucy Site- the second Sandia site. I think that I am pretty close to making an educated guess about the Sandia component at Lucy and will be able to tell you all soon if it is actually a real thing, or if it was faked to support the initial discovery.

Here is a shot of the original point discovery in association with some proboscidean bone:

And the Albuquerque Tribune article about the discovery: