The Southwest remains a living center.
Tucson, Four Peaks, Mt. Graham, Mt. Lemmon, Taos, and Monument Valley give the archive a strong regional body.
Places
The places that keep returning in the public record.
Mary Jill Alice Roe Bennett’s archive is not only a list of works. It is also a map of recurring places: public life markers, Southwest mountains and deserts, ancient sites, Egyptian sites, Wiltshire chalk landscapes, and research locations that surface again and again across the visual and writing record.
Places
Follow the story through the places that keep returning.
This guide shows how place belongs to biography, how it enters the imagery, and how it shapes the writing and research.
Mesoamerica and restoration sites widen the map.
Izapa, Teotihuacan, Chichen Itza, Tulum, Coba, Copan, Jaina / Campeche, Florence / San Donato in Scopeto, the Uffizi, Cong, Durrow, Amarna, Karnak, the Valley of the Kings, Girona, Canigou, Quirigua, and Nimrud keep the place logic from shrinking.
France becomes a second kind of geography.
Rennes-le-Chateau, Rennes-les-Bains, Limoux, Galamus, Girona, Canigou, and now Pompeii / Herculaneum act less like scenery and more like coordinates inside the writings and project pages.
Why places matter here
- Place is part of the subject matter in the known work titles, not just background scenery.
- The public writing and research archive ranges far beyond one hometown or one studio period.
- Geography helps visitors connect life story, art, and research without flattening them into one generic biography.
- This section keeps the public geography clear while leaving room for future additions from family and friends.
Current map
Pomona / ClaremontA major public life marker through the preserved Pomona alumni class note.
Tucson and the SouthwestThe strongest public regional anchor through titles, design work, and preserved web traces.
Ancient-world sitesIzapa, Teotihuacan, Quirigua, Nimrud, and the King Tut / Amarna material appear through restoration and research-oriented work.
Florence / UffiziSan Donato in Scopeto, the Uffizi, and Leonardo’s unfinished Adoration panel give the tribute a real Renaissance image geography rather than a lone title.
Ireland relic storyCong, Durrow, County Mayo, and Offaly give the tribute a real sacred-object geography through the Illustrated Iron Cross.
France–CataloniaRennes-le-Chateau, Rennes-les-Bains, Limoux, Galamus, Girona, and Canigou read as one cross-Pyrenean thread through the Portal, Crista, Plantard, and Bugarach pages.
Wiltshire landscapeAvebury, Silbury Hill, Pewsey Vale, and Alton Barnes have a real place thread through the crop-circle page.
Public map
Where the archive keeps returning.
A first pass through the strongest recurring geographies currently visible in public sources.
Pomona / Claremont
The Pomona alumni note provides one of the clearest public anchors in the life story: the Class of 1969 connection and the Saenz de Castillon Diary publication mention.
Tucson
Tucson is one of the strongest visible hubs in the archive. It appears in third-party web traces, design references for Gentle Ben’s, and the wider Southwest visual field surrounding the work.
Four Peaks
Few place threads are stronger than Four Peaks. It appears in Milcah above 4 Peaks, Above 4 Peaks, and Four Peaks Mountain, making it a key mountain image in the archive.
Mt. Graham
Blue Thunderbird Over Mt. Graham gives Mt. Graham a distinct place in the archive as both a mountain and a symbolic image-field.
Mt. Lemmon
Mt. Lemmon Fire at North Sarnoff keeps Mt. Lemmon in the public visual record and strengthens the Tucson-region mountain map.
Monument Valley
Monument Valley appears in both early acrylic work and later MJA Studio collages, making it one of the clearest long-arc place threads across the archive.
Taos
Taos Profile on Redwood keeps Taos in the catalog and signals that place sometimes enters the archive through a single strong surviving title rather than a larger cluster.
Izapa
The public MJA Studio restoration trail around Izapa is one of the strongest archaeological place threads, especially through the preserved Stela 5 material. It now connects directly into the archaeology-and-restoration page.
Teotihuacan
The Jaguar mural and related imagery make Teotihuacan a core part of the restoration and research archive, not just an incidental reference.
Related page: the place also remains visible in the broader ancient-Americas range preserved through The Plumed Conch.
Jaina / Campeche
The Chocolate Warrior essay gives Jaina and Campeche a clearer place here. The article uses a Jaina figurine frame, giving this Maya 2012 material a real coastal geography.
Related page: use the Chocolate Warrior when you want the Jaina / Campeche object thread fully gathered in one place.
Amarna · Karnak · Valley of the Kings
The King Tut / Amarna essay gives Egypt a clear place here. Amarna, Karnak, Memphis, and the Valley of the Kings read as one coherent dynastic story rather than a lone bibliography title.
Related page: use the King Tut / Amarna when you want the Egypt thread fully gathered in one place.
Florence · San Donato in Scopeto · Uffizi
The Leonardo / Adoration essay gives Florence a clear place here. San Donato in Scopeto, the Uffizi, and the unfinished Adoration of the Magi read as one image-and-restoration story rather than a lone bibliography title.
Related page: use the Leonardo / Adoration when you want the Florence image thread fully gathered in one place.
Cong · Durrow · County Mayo · Offaly
The Illustrated Iron Cross essay gives Ireland a clear place here. Cong, Durrow, County Mayo, and Offaly read as one relic-and-metalwork story rather than a lone bibliography title.
Related page: use the Illustrated Iron Cross when you want the Ireland relic thread fully gathered in one place.
Quirigua and Nimrud
Quirigua and Nimrud widen the archive geographically through preserved reconstruction and restoration-oriented work. Together they show how far the research-art geography extends.
Chichen Itza
Chichen Itza is now a clearer place thread inside the site because the preserved Plumed Conch post sequence keeps returning to Yucatan imagery and mural interpretation.
Related page: use The Plumed Conch for the preserved Chichen Itza post and the wider Maya thread.
Tulum · Coba · Copan
These places read as one coherent line of research because the preserved Diving god and Round Calendars posts connect them through image-reading, calendars, and Mesoamerican symbolism.
Related pages: The Diving god anchors Tulum and Coba, while Maya Region – Round Calendars keeps Copan visible in the same public record.
Girona · Call · Canigou
Patrice / Portal gives Catalonia and the eastern Pyrenees a clear place here. Girona’s Jewish Quarter, the Museum of Jewish History, and Canigou read as one connected story rather than a lone review title.
Related page: use the Patrice / Portal when you want the Girona–Canigou thread fully gathered in one place.
Rennes-le-Chateau · Saint-Denis · Toledo
Crista / Constantine gives the southern-France material a wider ceremonial relay. Rennes-le-Chateau remains the visible Sauniere stage, while Saint-Denis and Toledo add real regalia and treasury context to the story.
Related page: use the Crista / Constantine page when you want the relic-and-regalia story in one place.
Rennes-les-Bains · Bugarach · Pompeii
The Poussin / Arcadia widens the French research field into a painting-and-ash thread. Rennes-les-Bains and Bugarach keep the myth-triangle terrain visible, while Pompeii and Herculaneum add a buried-city archaeology path beside the symbolic reading.
Related page: use the Poussin / Arcadia when you want the Arcadia, myth-triangle, and Pompeii thread fully gathered in one place.
Rennes-le-Chateau · Limoux · Galamus
These French research geographies recur most strongly through the writing trail rather than through the visual catalog alone. They help explain why the archive needs both art and writing pages.
Related page: the Plantard tarot page gives Rennes-le-Chateau and Rennes-le-Bains a stronger project-level destination inside the site.
Avebury · Pewsey Vale · Alton Barnes
The crop-circle essay gives Wiltshire a stronger place here. Avebury, Silbury Hill, Honeystreet, the Vale of Pewsey, and Alton Barnes read as one coherent landscape instead of brief article scenery.
Related page: use the Crop-circle territory page when you want the Wiltshire terrain and sky-sign material in one place.
Mt. Baldy
Peten / Dos Pilas
This archive includes a Dos Pilas page so the Maya material can stay tied to a real Guatemalan place, not just a title in the publication list.
Explore deeper
Follow the geography guide into mountain, desert, southern-France, Wiltshire, Maya, Florence, Ireland, and Egypt threads, including the Jaina / Campeche object path.
Use these links to move through the archive by geography: mountains, deserts, southern France, Catalonia, Wiltshire, Maya sites, Florence, Egypt, and Ireland each have their own related pages.
Mountain weatherSouthern FranceRelic regaliaIreland relicDesert traceWiltshire signalMaya terrainObject coastFlorence imageEgypt restoration
Mt. BaldyBugarachCrista / ConstantinePatrice / PortalPoussin / ArcadiaTucsonCrop-circleDos PilasChocolate WarriorLeonardo / AdorationIllustrated Iron CrossKing Tut
The map becomes more useful when each place opens into a fuller story instead of sitting alone as a pin.
Mountain weather
Mt. Baldy
Open this when place, performance, memory, and weather meet on the same page.
Desert traceTucson / MJA Studio
This keeps the Tucson story tied to outside traces, vanished studio identity, and desert-era visibility.
Southern FranceBugarach / Galamus
This opens a southern-France mountain-and-gorge story where legend, media weather, and article history stay together.
Catalan mysteryPatrice / Portal
This opens a Girona-and-Canigou story where the Call, the eastern Pyrenees, and the cross-Pyrenean relay stay in view together.
Arcadian ash pathPoussin / Arcadia
This opens a France-to-Campania story where Rennes-les-Bains, Et in Arcadia Ego, and Pompeii stay in view together.
Wiltshire signalCrop-circle territory
This opens a chalk-landscape story where Avebury, Pewsey Vale, Honeystreet, and Alton Barnes stay in view together.
Maya terrainDos Pilas
This keeps the Maya material tied to Peten and the Petexbatun world instead of floating as title language alone.
Object coastChocolate Warrior
Jaina and Campeche enter the geography guide here through an article and an object-centered Maya page.
Florence imageLeonardo / Adoration
Florence, San Donato in Scopeto, and the Uffizi enter the geography guide here through an article and an unfinished-panel page.
Ireland relicIllustrated Iron Cross
Cong, Durrow, and Irish sacred-object terrain enter the geography guide here through an article and an artifact-focused page.
Egypt restorationKing Tut / Amarna
Amarna, Karnak, Memphis, and the Valley of the Kings enter the geography guide here through an article and a dynastic page.
Keep following the map
Places, works, and writings are now easier to connect.
Use this page when a location keeps surfacing and you want to understand why it matters.