Oscar’s Hill

A decades-long quest, bordering on obsession, leads one man to a small village in the Sierra Juarez—and, perhaps, to the Hill of the Jaguar.

Oscar’s Hill, Part 1

One day, in the Mitla library, Oscar Martínez Galindo came across a book that would change his life forever.

Stumbling Stones

Somewhat to my surprise, I didn’t go to my field’s major conference last November. Instead I accompanied a 97-year-old man to the town he fled in 1938.