Mimbres (Culture Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Diana Hadley. Richard V.N. Ahlstrom. Scott Mills.

The Bureau of Land Management is aware of the evidence for long-term human habitation along Bonita Creek. It has been said that, at times during the last century, Bonita Creek was home to perhaps dozens of families. Details of this period of occupation are, however, wanting. In addition, the town of Safford has been drawing substantial quantities of water from Bonita Creek for many years. How has this history of human use affected the environment of Bonita Creek? To answer this question, the...

DATASET Melissa Kruse-Peeples.

EMAP - Reconstructable Vessels Dataset. This dataset includes all recognized reconstructable vessels. There may be additional reconstructable vessels in the general ceramics deposits. Photographs of many of the black-on-white vessels are available in the MimPIDD collection. The level/locus are absent for vessels that came from multiple level/locus. The Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project (EMAP), co-directed by Drs. Margaret Nelson and Michelle Hegmon began in 1990, building upon...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Nicola Hunt. Kolleen M. Kralick.

Archaeological survey in the Gila National Forest during June and July 1989 by the State University of New York at Buffalo was a continuation of previous archaeological field projects (Nelson 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988) intended to increase existing information about prehistoric occupation of the east side of the Black Range, New Mexico. The information collected in the forest survey supplements archaeological data recovered from lower elevations in the Black Range by expanding knowledge...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Diane Stoffel.

The subject of this analysis of stylistic variation is the pottery known as Classic Mimbres Black on White, specifically the naturalistic bowls, which display images of animals and/or humans. In an effort to locate and identify some meaningful signifiers within the iconographic repertoire of the Mimbres culture, the approach of pattern recognition is utilized. A number of design elements were chosen upon completion of a preliminary study which showed promise of demonstrating some...

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The Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project (EMAP), co-directed by Drs. Margaret Nelson and Michelle Hegmon began in 1990, building upon earlier work by Nelson. EMAP focuses on the later (post-AD 1000) prehistory of the eastern Mimbres area, a portion of the Mimbres region in southwest New Mexico. In 1982 Nelson was at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque and in the early 1990s at the State University of New York, Buffalo, and Hegmon was at New Mexico State University, Las Cruces. In 1995...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Diehl.

The purpose of this analysis is to assess the diet breadth and intensity of species use of prehistoric Mogollones by examining archaeobotanical samples from three archaeological sites, 83NM400, 85NM612, and 85NM613. These sites are situated along Palomas Creek, an intermittent stream which flows only after significant precipitation, and locally near springs. To date, fifty samples from floor features (storage pits, hearths, and interiors of ceramic vessels) have been analyzed. Analysis of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Margaret C. Nelson.

This report presents information on the research goals of the excavations and general outline of the theoretical orientation, a synopsis of results from chronometric and cross-dating, summary descriptions of the architectural information from the pueblo rooms, and summary information from the faunal and ethnobotanical analysis. Excavation data establish that the surface structures were constructed by at least the early 11th century, prior to the abandonment of large villages. These small pueblos...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Margaret C. Nelson. Michelle Hegmon.

This document is a report on archaeological research conducted on the Ladder Ranch in the summer of 1993 under the direction of Drs. Michelle Hegmon and Margaret Nelson. It has been prepared for reading at various levels of detail. The introduction stands alone as a summary of the entire document. It briefly outlines our fieldwork and research findings. More detail is available in the five sections that comprise the main body of the report. These include a: Review of the archaeology of the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Sarah Klassen.

The Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project (EMAP), co-directed by Drs. Margaret Nelson and Michelle Hegmon began in 1990, building upon earlier work by Nelson. EMAP focuses on the later (post-AD 1000) prehistory of the eastern Mimbres area, a portion of the Mimbres region in southwest New Mexico. In 1982 Nelson was at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque and in the early 1990s at the State University of New York, Buffalo, and Hegmon was at New Mexico State University, Las Cruces. In 1995...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michelle Hegmon. Margaret C. Nelson.

This document is a report on archaeological research conducted on the Ladder Ranch under the direction of Drs. Margaret Nelson and Michelle Hegmon. Emphasis is on the work conducted during the summer of 1994, though we also discuss analyses of 1993 materials done after the 1993 report was completed and plans for further technical analysis. This document serves as an interim report of our activities supported by the two-year (1994-1995) grant from the Turner Foundation. This report is structured...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Diehl.

During the summer of 1994, Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project (EMAP) staff excavated portions of four prehistoric cobble-masonry pueblos (LA 37726, LA 37727, LA 37728, and LA 3949) on the Ladder Ranch in Sierra County, New Mexico. During the course of the excavations, flotation samples were recovered from hearths, primary and secondary post holes, storage pits, mealing bins, and rodent burrows in the floors of rooms. The primary purpose ofthis report is to describe the frequencies and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jill Mayo. Michelle Hegmon. Margaret C. Nelson.

This report documents the result of the 1993 EMAP surface survey on the Ladder Ranch. Other 1993 EMAP activities included the excavation of two sites, the Phelps Site (LA 37691) on the Palomas Creek, and Las Animas Village (93NM1000, LA 3949), located in the surveyed area. Both sites were located on private land. The survey was conducted by a crew of two staff members and two field school students. Jill Mayo and Kolleen Kralick, working under the direction of Drs. Nelson and Hegmon,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Margaret C. Nelson. Michelle Hegmon.

How do human beings cope with their natural and social environments and how do they impact those environments? These issues are of great concern today, and they have been for thousands of years. Hunters and gatherers, farmers, and urban dwellers all must be concerned with their surroundings and how they are using their environment. Their success or failure, their very survival, depends on their interactions with others and with their landscape. Research on the Ladder Ranch traces the Mimbres...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Cooper Gilbert.

The Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project (EMAP), co-directed by Drs. Margaret Nelson and Michelle Hegmon began in 1990, building upon earlier work by Nelson. EMAP focuses on the later (post-AD 1000) prehistory of the eastern Mimbres area, a portion of the Mimbres region in southwest New Mexico. In 1982 Nelson was at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque and in the early 1990s at the State University of New York, Buffalo, and Hegmon was at New Mexico State University, Las Cruces. In 1995...

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National Geographic Society grant 5213-94 has supported research examining the impact of population dispersion and reorganization in the prehistoric Puebloan Southwest. During the 11th through 14th centuries in the Mimbres region of southwestern New Mexico, large villages were abandoned and population reorganized into small, dispersed pueblos. The shifts in land use and social organization that emerged with this change were examined. Three objectives were pursued: 1) Documentation of regional...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michelle Hegmon. Margaret C. Nelson.

The North American Southwest is an excellent landscape for the study of small scale societies. Sites are visible and well preserved as a result of the aridity and limited modern development in most regions. This aridity, however, posed challenges to prehistoric societies. Our research in the eastern Mimbres area of southwestern New Mexico examines prehistoric land use, challenging some of the basic assumptions that have guided understanding of Mimbres prehistory and the strategies of small...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michelle Hegmon. Margaret C. Nelson.

The Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project (EMAP), co-directed by Drs. Margaret Nelson and Michelle Hegmon began in 1990, building upon earlier work by Nelson. EMAP focuses on the later (post-AD 1000) prehistory of the eastern Mimbres area, a portion of the Mimbres region in southwest New Mexico. In 1982 Nelson was at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque and in the early 1990s at the State University of New York, Buffalo, and Hegmon was at New Mexico State University, Las Cruces. In 1995...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Margaret C. Nelson. Michelle Hegmon.

EMAP has made great strides toward understanding the diverse options employed by prehistoric, arid-land farmers in the eastern Mimbres area. This knowledge provides valuable insights about how populations of different sizes organize their communities, and raises equally interesting questions about how sustainable adaptations are accomplished. EMAP has made outstanding discoveries, new to the field of Mimbres archaeology. We have discovered a new Mimbres adaptation, undocumented until our work on...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michelle Hegmon. Margaret C. Nelson. Jennifer A. Brady. Tiffany Clark.

This is an artifact catalog of the artifacts found during the 1999 excavation season.

DOCUMENT Citation Only Michelle Hegmon. Margaret C. Nelson. Roger Anyon. Darrell Creel. Steven A. Leblanc. Harry J. Shafer.

Time-space systematics for the end of the Classic Mimbres period and subsequent developments in southwest New Mexico are outlined, and the variable spatial scale of these processes is emphasized. The regional unity of the Late Pithouse and Classic periods began to break down around A.D. 1130, a time when disparate developments characterize different portions of the region. The Terminal Classic (ca. A.D. 1130 and later) represents the first steps toward significant and rapid changes and is seen...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jennifer A. Brady.

During 1997 and 1998, EMAP excavations also began to include earlier sites dating to the Classic Period (A.D. 1000-1150). Prior to these excavations, the majority of comparative data from the Classic Period came from the Mimbres Valley and Upper Gila regions. Excavation at eastern Mimbres sites was a step toward understanding the Classic Period in the eastern Mimbres area. The excavations revealed many material similarities between Mimbres Valley and eastern Mimbres Classic Period sites (Brady...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michelle Hegmon. Margaret C. Nelson. Mark J. Ennes.

An understanding of small-scale population movements is essential to recent research on migration. Consideration of the technological style (processes of manufacture) of pottery, in conjunction with petrographic sourcing analyses, provides means of identifying and interpreting population movements at various scales. Diverse styles characterizes Postclassic Mimbres (A.D. 1150-early 1200s) regional reorganization in southwest New Mexico. One new style, indented corrugated pottery, is similar to...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jennifer A. Brady.

The 1999-2000 Seco survey was designed with several goals in mind. Our first objective was to document Classic period settlement on the Seco drainage, in order to expand our settlement data for the eastern Mimbres for this time period. Second, we wished to revisit Classic Period Palomas sites in order to recheck locations, maps, and to take ceramic collections from these sites. Our third overall objective was to identify Postclassic Period sites on the Seco to determine whether the Postclassic...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Diehl.

Eight flotation samples from two Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project (EMAP) sites were analyzed. Cultigens, primarily maize, were present in most of the samples. A limited array of wild seed taxa were represented as well. The represented wood resources appear to have been drawn from the Great Basin Conifer Woodland biotic province, and augmented by the use of riparian resources. The woods in the assemblages were consistent with a plant resource use pattern that focused on...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michelle Hegmon. Margaret C. Nelson.

Rituals were essential in the lives of the people of the Mimbres. What symbols had meaning in their ritual? How was ceremony structured? Little is known about these aspects of the past because so many prehistoric villages have been destroyed by looters. But Mimbres villages on the Ladder Ranch, in the eastern Mimbres area, have been protected from looters and we have been fortunate in finding many clues to the rituals and ceremonial practices of the people of the Mimbres.