appointment was one of the first curatorial positions for a woman in the United States and was followed with Hewett's hiring of Bertha P. Dutton as ethnology curator of the museum. During this period Ferguson excavated Paa-ko, Puaray, and Kuaua between 1937 and 1939. She wrote four reports on the research of Paa-ko but was unable, due to her museum work, to complete the final site report until 1954. Interesting in developing the cultural history of the various Puebloan peoples, Ferguson was at the forefront of moving ethnoarchaeology toward cultural sensitivity. She often consulted with elders before creating museum displays. She became an authority on dating, using cross-dating techniques analyzing various dates inferred from examination of pottery, tree rings, and rocks and tribe members were known to bring objects to her for identification. Beginning in 1938, she served as a judge of Pueblo pottery at the Santa Fe Indian Market. Ferguson arranged lectures and activities for the Archaeological Society of New Mexico and though she was unpaid for her service to them, she served as de facto secretary of the organization from 1943 to 1956. In 1944, she began preparatory work on Juan de Oñate's capital at the Mission San Gabriel combining archaeological and historical methods. Then in 1946 and 1947, she excavated sites in Mexico, but her fieldwork was limited by the demands of the museum. In 1950, Ferguson married Everett Vey "Jack" Lambert. One of her last excavations was at a cave site in Hidalgo County, New Mexico in 1960. After the Hidalgo County excavation, Marjorie Lambert began to focus more on education and cultural preservation. She published nearly 200 papers during her career, before retiring in 1969. That same year, she began working on the Board of Managers at the School of American Research and then in the 1970s worked on the development and planning of a museum at Picuris Pueblo. The museum marked the first time that archeological remains found a permanent home within their community. She was recognized during her lifetime for her extensive knowledge and technical skill. Lambert received the award for Outstanding Contributions to American Archeology for the 50th Anniversary of the Society for American Archaeology in 1985. In 1988, she was honored with the New Mexico Heritage Preservation Award from the Santa Fe Office of Cultural Affairs and she and her husband shared the recognition as Santa Fe Living Treasures awarded that