Rio Grande Drainage (Geographic Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Todd Agthe. Jennifer Dieudonne. John Feil. Jennifer Searle.

This unit summary documents the excavation of one room, referred to as Unit 4, during the summer months of June, July, and August at Site 93NM1000 on the Ladder Ranch. Excavation of this unit was conducted by Todd Agthe (B.A. Anthropology, New Mexico State University) with the help of fellow staff members and New Mexico State University Field School students. The excavation was supervised by Michael Diehl (University at Buffalo).

DOCUMENT Full-Text Cooper Gilbert. Karel Malloy. Jane Sinclair. Judi Lettman. Mary Anne Schultz.

Site LA3949 is located on a mesa top, a first bench, overlooking the Las Animas drainage. A smaller creek-bed running approximately north-south lies along the north and east of the site. The Las Animas drainage is considered to have been a perennial water source at the time of prehistoric inhabitable. Currently, the creek-bed often holds some water, at least in parts of the bed.

DOCUMENT Full-Text David D. Smart.

The 1993 field season (end of June through mid August) was spent mitigating sites on the Ladder Ranch in Caballo, New Mexico. The season, with funding from the Turner foundation, and direction from Dr. Margaret Nelson (SUNY Buffalo) and Dr. Michelle Hegmon (NMSU), was spent excavating two sites on the ranch. The Palomas site (LA37691) and the Las Animas site were both excavated. This unit summary will summarize the excavation of a single pueblo room, Unit 50, on the Las Animas site (93NM1000)...

DOCUMENT Full-Text James L. Turner.

The following summarization details the excavation of unit 51 from site 93NM1000 located on the Ladder Ranch in Sierra County, New Mexico. Excavation on this unit was initiated in June of 1993 and completed in August of 1993. The 1993 site excavations at 93NM1000 were conducted by students enrolled in an archaeological field school accredited by the State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY) and New Mexico State University (NMSU). The field school was administrated by Dr. Margaret Nelson of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Severn Thomas. Allison Smith. Jill Mayo.

93NM1000 (Las Animas village) is a fairly large Classic Mimbres/Post Mimbres phase habitation site located on the Ladder Ranch, near the town of Hillsboro, New Mexico. The site contains approximately 60-100 cobble masonry rooms (clustered into seventeen room blocks), plazas, extramural features and a dense lithic and ceramic scatter. Between June 19 and August 12, 1993, the Las Animas village was one of two prehistoric sites excavated as part of the Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project...

DOCUMENT Full-Text James L. Turner. Janet Watson. David Kostusiak.

The following synopsis details the excavation of unit 60 from site LA3949 located on the Ladder Ranch in Sierra County, New Mexico. Excavation on this unit was initiated on June 20, 1994 and completed on July 29, 1994. The 1994 site operations at LA3949 were conducted by students of the State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY) and New Mexico State University (NMSU). All excavations were conducted as a part of the ongoing Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project (EMAP) under the direction of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Diane Stoffel. Patsy Nutt. Robert R. Harrison.

The purpose of this report is to document the results of excavations of Unit 7 of site 93NM1000. 93NM1000 is an apparent Late Classic/Post Classic Mimbres site of at least 85 rooms. Excavation occurred during June, July and August of 1993 by graduate students from the Anthropology Departments of the State University of New York at Buffalo, New Mexico State University and other institutions, as well as by undergraduate students enrolled in the Archaeological Field School at NMSU. Excavation of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Karen Niemel. Michael Schifferli. Amy Antoniades.

This report details the excavation of Unit 70 from site LA3949 on the Ladder Ranch in Sierra County, New Mexico. Excavation on this unit commenced on June 24, 1995 and was completed on August 3, 1995. The 1995 site operations were conducted by students of the State University of New York at Buffalo and New Mexico State University. All excavation was part of the ongoing Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project (EMAP) under the direction of Dr. Margaret Nelson of the State University of New York at...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Mark J. Ennes. Karli E. Jacobson. Charles W. Farnsworth.

This report summarizes the excavation of Units 8, 10, and 14 at the Las Animas site (LA 3949), Ladder Ranch, Caballo, New Mexico. Conducted during the months of June, July, and August 1994, excavation of these units was performed by personnel from New Mexico State University and the University at Buffalo. Although several individuals assisted during this work, excavations were conducted primarily by Mark J. Ennes (New Mexico State University), Karli E. Jacobson (University at Buffalo), and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Susan Ruth. Jennifer E. Nisengard.

This paper summarizes the findings from excavation of Unit 9 from site LA3949 (previously 93NM1 000) located on the Ladder Ranch in Sierra County New Mexico. Excavation of this unit was initiated in June 1994 and completed in August 1994. The 1994 site excavations at LA3949 were conducted by students enrolled in an archaeological field school accredited by the State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY) and New Mexico State University (NMSU) as part of the ongoing Eastern Mimbres...

PROJECT Michelle Hegmon. Margaret Nelson.

EMAP Lee (LA70258) - Analytic Information. 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...

PROJECT 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...

PROJECT Michelle Hegmon. Margaret C. Nelson.

Lee - Maps 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...

PROJECT Michelle Hegmon. Margaret Nelson.

The Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project, co-directed by Drs. Margaret Nelson and Michelle Hegmon began in 1993, 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 1993 Nelson was at the State University of New York, Buffalo, and Hegmon was at New Mexico State University, Las Cruces. In 1995 both moved to Arizona State University, where they and the project reside...

PROJECT Michelle Hegmon. Margaret C. Nelson.

Lee - Unit Summaries The Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project, co-directed by Drs. Margaret Nelson and Michelle Hegmon began in 1993, 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 1993 Nelson was at the State University of New York, Buffalo, and Hegmon was at New Mexico State University, Las Cruces. In 1995 both moved to Arizona State University, where they...

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EMAP Lee (LA70258) Unit 1 - Analytic Information. 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...

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EMAP Lee (LA70258) Unit 2 - Analytic Information. 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...

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EMAP Lee (LA70258) Unit 3 - Analytic Information. 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...

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EMAP Lee (LA70258) Unit 4 - Analytic Information. 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...

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EMAP Lee Pueblo - Site Plan 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...

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85NM612 is a small roomblock on the first terrace on the north side of Palomas Creek (Figure 1). The site was chosen for excavation because of its potential to yield information on questions related to the abandonment of the Mimbres Valley. Nelson (1991) has suggested that the abandonment of the Mimbres drainage in AD1150 was not characterized by a large scale migration but involved the reorganization of large residential pueblos into smaller organizational units which moved into marginal areas...

DOCUMENT Full-Text M. Hutinett. E. Griscom. C. Gilbert.

In general the excavation of units 10 and 11 left us with some new insight. We have discovered that a surface, whether actually prepared, could be found archaeologically. The artifacts which were collected will help with comparison and interpretation of intramural areas and between sites.

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Unit 2 is a small Pueblo room located at the southwest corner of a six room roomblock that forms the major construction feature of 85NM612. It was initially defined as a habitation room based on surface evidence of large cobble wall alignments and wall fall. The room was selected for excavation based on its corner location and the definition of its walls. Excavated areas associated with unit 2 include the room itself and areas excavated outside the room during definition of wall locations.

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Unit 3 is a habitation room located in the southeast corner of a six-room room block that forms the major construction feature of 85NM612. It was selected for excavation due to its corner location, wall definition and because of the substantial amount of wall fall relative to other rooms at the site. Excavated areas of the unit include the room itself and areas excavated outside the room during initial definition of wall locations. Note that two loci (2-2-5 and 2-3-9) originally excavated as...

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Unit 4 is a shallow depression which is cut into the bedrock conglomerate at 85NM612. The depression is spatially located beneath two pueblo rooms (Units 1 and 2) which are visible on the surface of the site (see figure 1). The depression extends beyond the western walls of the pueblo rooms therefore the edges of Unit 4 which were located west of the surface rooms were not defined during the 1991 excavations. From the area exposed, the depression appears oval in form.