Animas Drainage (Geographic Keyword)
251-275 (528 Records)
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...
EMAP Flying Fish - LA37767 Unit 121, 2001 (2001)
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...
EMAP Flying Fish – LA37767 Unit 100 (East Room), 1998 (1998)
The Site LA 37767 was excavated through two seasons in the summers of 1998 and 2001 by the ASU Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project (EMAP) Field School. The goal of this project was to collect data from Mimbres Classic Period habitation rooms in order to examine the occupational and abandonment history of such site in the Eastern Mimbres area. This report summarizes the results of the excavation conducted in the east room of Unit 100 in 2001. LA 37767 is located on a basalt piedmont above the...
EMAP Flying Fish – LA37767 Unit 110_32, 2001 (2001)
The following report is an excavation summary and preliminary analysis of Unit 110, a room located within site LA 37767. This site was excavated by both graduate and undergraduate students during the summer of 2001, under the direction of Professors Margaret Nelson, Ph.D. and Michelle Hegmon Ph.D. of Arizona State University. Excavation focused on questions pertaining to environmental impact and degradation related to scale and intensity of occupation as well as strategies of land use...
EMAP Flying Fish – LA37767 Unit 114, 2002 (2002)
The following is a summary of Unit 114 at Lying Fish Village, site designation LA 37767. The site is located on the first terrace above the floodplain on the south side ofSeco Creek. The Seco Creek is a drainage in the Black Range, which flows into the Rio Grande to the east. The site is composed of several one story masonry roomblocks
EMAP Flying Fish – LA37767 Unit 116, 2001 (2001)
The following is a summary of excavations performed at Unit 116 of Site LA 37767 (Flying Fish Village). LA 37767 is located on the southern side of the Seco Creek, which is a drainage of the Black Range Mountains in Southern New Mexico. Flying Fish Village is composed of single-story masonry roomblocks and dates to the Mimbres Classic Period. Unit 116 was selected for excavation during the 2002 field season due to its location between two known rooms (Room 35 to the south, and Room 120 to the...
EMAP Flying Fish – LA37767 Unit 120, 2001 (2001)
The ASU Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project (EMAP) field school excavated part of site LA 37767 in the summer of 2001. The objective of this project was to gather data from Mimbres Classic Period habitation rooms to test the hypothesis that a change to greater residential mobility would show a shift away from village settlements. The excavation would also illuminate occupational history of Mimbres Classic sites in the eastern Mimbres area. LA37767 is located on a basalt piedmont on an upper...
EMAP Flying Fish – LA37767 Unit 30, 1998 (1998)
Site LA37767 was excavated in the summer of 1998 by the ASU Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project Field School. The goal of this project was to collect data from Mimbres Classic Period habitation rooms to illuminate the occupational and abandonment history of such sites in the Eastern Mimbres area. LA37767 is a multiple roomblock site, with at least three roomblocks and two or three isolated rooms. It is located on a basalt piedmont above the floodplain of the Arroyo Seco. This is a locally...
EMAP Flying Fish – LA37767 Unit 31, 1998 (1998)
Site LA37767 was excavated in the summer of 1998 by the ASU Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project Field School. The goal of this project was to collect data from Mimbres Classic Period habitation rooms to illuminate the occupational and abandonment history of such sites in the Eastern Mimbres area. LA37767 is a multiple roomblock site, with at least three roomblocks and two or three isolated rooms. It is located on a basalt piedmont above the floodplain of the Arroyo Seco. This is a locally...
EMAP Flying Fish – LA37767 Unit 31_100, 2001 (2001)
Site LA37767 was excavated in the summers of 1998 and 2001 by the ASU Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project (EMAP) Field School. The goal of this project was to collect data from Mimbres Classic Period habitation rooms to illuminate the occupational and abandonment history of such sites in the Eastern Mimbres area. LA37767 is located on a basalt piedmont above the floodplain of the Arroyo Seco. This is a locally perennial stream, draining a portion of the Black Range of southwest New Mexico...
EMAP Flying Fish – LA37767 Unit 32, 1998 (1998)
Site LA 37767 was excavated in the summer of 1998 by the ASU Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project Field School. The goal of this project was to collect data from Mimbres Classic Period habitation rooms to illuminate the occupational and abandonment history of such sites in the Eastern Mimbres area.
EMAP Flying Fish – LA37767 Unit 33, 2001 (2001)
Site LA37767 was excavated in the summer of 2001 by the ASU Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project (EMAP). EMAP's focus during the 2001 field season was to obtain data regarding Classic Period environmental impact and social organization in the eastern Mimbres region. Excavation of site LA37767 was performed by both undergraduate and graduate level faculty and staff. The project was co-directed by Dr. Margaret Nelson, Ph.D., and Dr. Michelle Hegmon, Ph.D., both professors are currently at...
EMAP Flying Fish – LA37767 Unit 34, 1998 (1998)
The Site LA 37767 was excavated through two seasons in the summer of 1998 and 2001 by the ASU Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project (EMAP) Field School. The goal of this project was to collect data from Mimbres Classic Period habitation rooms in order to examine the occupational and abandonment history of such sites in the Eastern Mimbres area. This report summarizes the results of the excavation conducted in Unit 34 of the site in 2001. LA 37767 consists of multiple roomblocks; there are at...
EMAP Flying Fish – LA37767 Unit 35, 2001 (2001)
The following is a summary of excavations of Unit 35 at Flying Fish Village, LA 37767. The site is located on the first terrace above the floodplain on the south side of Seco Creek. The Seco is a drainage of the Black Range, flowing into the Rio Grande to the east. This site contains several one-story masonry roomblocks, as well as some possible isolated rooms associated with the Mimbres Classic period. In addition, there is a smaller occupation on the hill directly south of the site.
EMAP Flying Fish – LA37767 Unit 50, 1998 (1998)
This report summarizes the excavation of unit 50 at site LA 37767, a Classic Mimbres site in the Eastern Mimbres area of south central New Mexico. LA 37767 is one of three sites chosen for excavation by the Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project (EMAP) during the 1998 field season. Excavation was completed by graduate and undergraduate students under the direction of Drs. Margaret Nelson and Michelle Hegmon of Arizona State University. Site LA 37767 is situated on a low terrace above the flood...
EMAP Flying Fish – LA37767 Unit 51, 1998 (1998)
The following is a summary of site LA 37767 unit 51 in the 1998 EMAP (Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project) field season, conducted in the Mimbres region of Southern New Mexico. The project is directed by Dr. Margaret Nelson and Dr. Michelle Hegmon of ASU (Arizona State University), with the assistance of graduate staff and undergraduate students. Unit 51 in site LA 37767 is located in the Seco drainage on a terrace overlooking a wash and a rock face with petroglyphs decorating the surface. ...
EMAP Interpreting Mineralogical Variation in Corrugated Ceramics: A Petrographic Study from the Eastern Mimbres Region (1995)
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...
EMAP Juniper Village (LA 37781) - Maps
Juniper Village - 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...
EMAP Juniper Village (LA37781) - Field Notes
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...
EMAP Juniper Village (LA37781) – Photographs
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...
EMAP Juniper Village (LA37781) – Unit Summaries
Juniper Village – 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,...
EMAP Juniper – LA37781 Unit 30, 2000 (2000)
Site LA37781 was partially excavated in the summer of 2000 by the ASU Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project. The goal of this project was to collect data from Mimbres Classic Period habitation rooms to illuminate the occupational and abandonment history of such sites in the Eastern Mimbres area. The following report provides a summary of results of test excavations in Unit 30, a room located near the center of the site in Roomblock B, one of three roomblocks on the site. LA37781 is located on a...
EMAP LA3949 Unit 13 writeup 2017 (2017)
Unit 13 was a relatively small rectangular room (2.5 x 4.3 = 10.8 square meters) single story room in what was called the South Two-Story section of the Postclassic pueblo at Las Animas Village. Its size and the absence of a hearth suggest that Unit 13 served as a storage room. It was repeatedly remodeled, as indicated by three floor layers. No chronometric dates were obtained from this room.
EMAP LA3949 Unit 5 writeup 2017 (2003)
Unit 5 was a very well-preserved two-story room in the South Two-Story section of the Postclassic pueblo at Las Animas Village (3.5 x 4 = 14 square meters). It was built on top of a much earlier pithouse or pit feature. Unit 5 was part of a larger two-story construction, including Unit 8/15 to the north. When it was built, the first and second story rooms seem to have been very similar, both with hearths just east of center, both bisected by a row of roof support posts. After some use the...
EMAP LA3949 Units 3 & 4 writeup 2017 (2017)
Unit 4 was a fairly well-preserved two-story room in the West Side section of the Postclassic pueblo at Las Animas Village. Other rooms to the south (Unit 5 and Units 8, 14,15) were also two story and had been filled in prehistorically so their second story floors were nearly intact. In contrast, Unit 4’s second story collapsed and only a portion of it was found, mostly in the southeast corner of the room. The lower, first-story floor of Unit 4 had been substantially remodeled. Two large roof...