EMAP - Unit Summaries

This site was excavated prior to the Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project, co-directed by Drs. Margaret Nelson and Michelle Hegmon that began in 1993. 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 both...

This site was excavated prior to the Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project, co-directed by Drs. Margaret Nelson and Michelle Hegmon that began in 1993. 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 both...

This site was excavated prior to the Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project, co-directed by Drs. Margaret Nelson and Michelle Hegmon that began in 1993. 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 both...

This site was excavated prior to the Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project, co-directed by Drs. Margaret Nelson and Michelle Hegmon that began in 1993. 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 both...

This site was excavated prior to the Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project, co-directed by Drs. Margaret Nelson and Michelle Hegmon that began in 1993. 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 both...

This site was excavated prior to the Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project, co-directed by Drs. Margaret Nelson and Michelle Hegmon that began in 1993. 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 both...

This site was excavated prior to the Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project, co-directed by Drs. Margaret Nelson and Michelle Hegmon that began in 1993. 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 both...

This site was excavated prior to the Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project, co-directed by Drs. Margaret Nelson and Michelle Hegmon that began in 1993. 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 both...

This site was excavated prior to the Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project, co-directed by Drs. Margaret Nelson and Michelle Hegmon that began in 1993. 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 both...

This site was excavated prior to the Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project, co-directed by Drs. Margaret Nelson and Michelle Hegmon that began in 1993. 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 both...

Unit 22 is located on the eastern terrace of site 82NM001 across the ravine from the western terrace where all the previous had taken place. There are several structures apparent on this eastern terrace and Unit 22 is located in one of the supposed room blocks on the southwestern edge of the terrace.

This site was excavated prior to the Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project, co-directed by Drs. Margaret Nelson and Michelle Hegmon that began in 1993. 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 both...

This site was excavated prior to the Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project, co-directed by Drs. Margaret Nelson and Michelle Hegmon that began in 1993. 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 both...

This site was excavated prior to the Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project, co-directed by Drs. Margaret Nelson and Michelle Hegmon that began in 1993. 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 both...

This site was excavated prior to the Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project, co-directed by Drs. Margaret Nelson and Michelle Hegmon that began in 1993. 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 both...

This site was excavated prior to the Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project, co-directed by Drs. Margaret Nelson and Michelle Hegmon that began in 1993. 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 both...

This site was excavated prior to the Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project, co-directed by Drs. Margaret Nelson and Michelle Hegmon that began in 1993. 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 both...

This site was excavated prior to the Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project, co-directed by Drs. Margaret Nelson and Michelle Hegmon that began in 1993. 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 both...

Alivas Canyon - 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,...

This is a summary of unit 1 in site LA44997, which was excavated during the summer of 1997 as a part of the Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project (EMAP). The project is co-directed by Dr. Margaret C. Nelson and Dr. Michelle Hegmon, both of Arizona State University. All excavations were conducted by graduate and field school students. Site LA44997 is located in Avilas Canyon, a tributary of the Upper Palomas drainage area. The site is on a gently sloping part of the north side of the canyon. An...

During the 1997 summer field season of the Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project, three units were excavated at the site of LA44997, including Unit 100. LA44997 is a Classic period Mimbres site located in the upper Palomas drainage area. The site is situated on the lower southern slopes of a large hill. To the south and downhill from the site, a large arroyo fonns a valley bottom, separating this hill from others to the south. The two primary units excavated at the site, Units 1 and 2, were...

The majority of Unit 2 at LA 44997 was excavated in the summer of 1997 as part of the Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project (EMAP) and the Arizona State University Archaeological Field School, directed by Dr. Margaret Nelson and Dr. Michelle Hegmon. LA 44997 is located in alluvial fan deposits on the edge of Avilas Canyon drainage, a tributary of the Palomas drainage, which flows eastward into the Rio Grande. In this area, Avilas Canyon cuts through a rich alluvial fan. Avilas Canyon drainage...

Summary of data obtained during the 1997 excavations by the Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project (EMAP), in conjunction with Arizona State University Field School. Unit one is the northern room in an undisturbed two room roomblock at site LA 45000. This unit was excavated by undergraduate students under the supervision of the Site Director (Ms. T. Clark), and a unit supervisor (Ms. L. Grafil). The excavation was undertaken during May, June, and July of 1997 through the Eastem Mimbres...

The following report summarizes the results of the excavation of Unit 21, a habitation room at LA 45000, Avilas Canyon Village. This is a Classic Mimbres site which is situated atop the north ridge of Avilas Canyon, a southern tributary of the Palomas drainage in the eastern Mimbres region. Excavation was carried out by graduate and undergraduate students during the 1998 field season, under the direction of Margaret Nelson and Michelle Hegmon, directors of the Eastern Mimbres Archaeological...

This report summarizes the results of the excavation of Unit 22 at LA 45000, a Classic Mimbres site located in the Eastern Mimbres area. LA 45000 was one of three sites chosen for excavation by the Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project (EMAP) in the both the 1998 field season, as well as the previous 1997 field season. The excavations at LA 45000 were conducted by graduate and undergraduate students under the direction of Tiffany Clark of Arizona State University. Site LA 45000 lies on the...

This report summarizes the results of the excavation of Unit 23 at LA 45000, a Classic Mimbres site located in the Eastern Mimbres area. LA 45000 was one of three sites chosen for excavation by the Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project (EMAP) in the 1998 field season, as well as the previous 1997 field season. The excavations at LA 45000 were conducted by graduate and undergraduate students under the direction of Tiffany Clark of Arizona State University. Site LA 45000 lies on the northern...

The following is an excavation summary and preliminary analysis of the 1997 Arizona State University field school investigation of Unit 40, a room located within site LA 45000. The 1997 field season represents the continuing efforts of the Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project (EMAP), co-directed by Professors Margaret Nelson, Ph.D. and Michelle Hegmon, Ph.D. of the Arizona State University Department of Anthropology. Site direction was provided by Ph.D. student Tiffany Clark, with unit...

The report summarizes the results of the excavation of Unit 60, a large jacal structure located on the easternmost margin of site LA 450000. LA 45000 is one of 3 Classic Mimbres sites chosen for investigation by the 1998 Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project (EMAP). The project is directed by Margaret Nelson, Ph.D. and Michelle Hegmon, Ph.D. of Arizona State University's Department of Anthropology. LA 45000 was directed by Tiffany Clark, with unit supervision by Kathryn Leonard. Two...

This report summarizes the results of excavation of Unit 20, located on Site LA 45000, a Classic Mimbres site in the Eastern Mimbres region. LA 45000 is one of three sites chosen for excavation by the Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project (EMAP). This site was excavated by graduate and undergraduate students during the 1997 field season under the direction of Margaret Nelson and Michelle Hegmon, of Arizona State University. Site LA 45000 is located on the north ridge of Avilas Canyon, one of...

Buckaroo - 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...

85NM613 is located on the end of a ridge (running approximately north-south) that forms the first terrace of Palomas Creek (see Figure 1). Architectural remains and surface ceramics indicate a Late Classic, twelve (3X4) room pueblo with at least 4 extraneous pit structures. Unit 1 is an interior room located in the southwest corner of the pueblo. It is the westernmost of a tier of three rooms that may predate the construction of the rest of the structure. The southwest corner of the room,...

Units 10, 11, and 12 are arbitrarily picked bounded units extramurally located off the southern wall of the Buckaroo site. Units 10 and 11 (Loci 1 & 2) are symmetrical 1 meter x 2 meter quads oriented adjacently on an east to west axis. Unit 12 (Loci 1,2,3, & 4) began as a 1 meter x 3 meter unit (Locus 1) running lengthwise east to west along the Buckaroo’s southern wall, attached along unit 12’s southern boundary, then, were Units 10, 11 (Loci 1 & 2). Loci 2 & 3 of unit 12, then, were locus...

This cobble masonry room is one of a twelve room block of rooms laid out in a 3 (east-west) by 4 (north-south) grid. From the southwest corner of the roomblock, this room is the westernmost room in the second row north. The duration of occupation is not known; however, it was remodeled at least once after the initial construction. In the remodeling, the original floor and hearth were plastered over and a new hearth was constructed near the original. This room is assigned to the Late Classic...

The Buckaroo Site (85NM613) is a 12 room, massive masonry pueblo situated on a finger-like terrace above the north bank of the Palomas creek in south central New Mexico. The Palomas flows down from the eastern flanks of the Black Range Mountains and joins the Rio Grande about 160 miles south of the modern city of Albuquerque. The 12 rooms of the pueblo are arranged in 3 rows of 4 rooms each. Unit 3 is the southeastern most room. Unit 4, also excavated in 1991, is the adjacent room to the north....

Site 85NM613 has been excavated during the 1989-1991 field seasons. During the 1991 field season Units 3 and 4 were opened. Unit 3 is the south east corner of the twelve room pueblo. Unit 4 is the room directly to the north of Unit 3, still alonq the eastern edge of the pueblo. There are two unexcavated rooms lying to the west of Units 3 and 4. On the western side of the aforementioned unexcavated rooms lie Units 1 and 2 which were investigated during the 1989 and 1990 field seasons. 85NM613 is...

Flying Fish - 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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. ...

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,...

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...

Las Animas – 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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

Units 11 and 12 on the Las Animas site (LA 3949) are located next to each other on the extreme southeastern portion of the Black Mountain phase roomblocks. Unit eleven's eastern wall was readily apparent as a double course row of large river cobbles, while Unit 12 covered an area immediately to the northwest of Unit 11. Unit 11 contains two rooms while Unit 12 may only represent an area immediately outside of Unit eleven's two rooms as well as Unit 13.

Unit 13 is located on the Black Mountain phase of Las Animas Village. Las Animas Village consists of several room blocks of Classic Mimbres affiliation along with the later Black Mountain phase occupation. There is a tentative third occupation on top of portions of the Black Mountain Phase which is being referred to as Salado. The Las Animas site sits atop a one of a series of rocky benches overlooking the Animas drainage. A spring fed stream runs along portions of the benches drainage...

This report summarizes the excavation and findings of Unit 15 at the Las Animas site (LA3949) located on the ladder ranch in Cabalo, New Mexico. Excavations were conducted during the 1995 summer field season from July 2 to August 6 by students from Suny @ Buffalo and NMSU under the direction of Dr. Margaret C. Nelson (UB) and Dr. Michelle Hegmon (NMSU). Data from this Unit contributes to the ongoing research of classic and post classic Mimbres occupation of the region.

Unit 16 is the southernmost unit excavated at Las Animas Village during the 1995 field season, located approximately 35 meters south of the Black Mountain Phase plaza area. The unit lies on a narrow finger of the mesa top, and the downward sloping ground surfaces to the east, south and west create channels for water and erosion. This area of the Black Mountain Phase pueblo has been explored in previous field seasons: Units 10 and 15 lie immediately to the north of Unit 16, Unit 5 lies adjacent...

Unit 16 is the southernmost unit excavated at Las Animas Village during the 1995 field season, located approximately 35 meters south of the Black Mountain Phase plaza area. The unit lies on a narrow finger of the mesa top, and the downward sloping ground surfaces to the east, south and west create channels for water and erosion. This area of the Black Mountain Phase pueblo has been explored in previous field seasons: Units 10 and 15 lie immediately to the north of Unit 16, Unit 5 lies adjacent...

This paper summarizes the findings from excavation of Unit 200 from site LA3949 (previously 93NM1000) 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 site excavations at LA3949 were conducted by students enrolled in an archaeological field school accredited by University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY) and New Mexico State University (NMSU) as part of the ongoing Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project...

This report summarizes the 1997 excavation of unit 30. Included are summaries of the excavation strategy used and the depositional history of unit 30. Also included is the excavators' interpretation of how the gathered data relate to the research design. The research design as it pertains to Black Mountain Phase occupation consists of documenting the chronology of large villages and understanding the sites' participation in land use patterns and in regional interaction networks.

During the summer field season of 1997, staff from the Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project (EMAP), under the direction of Dr. Michelle A. Hegmon and Dr. Margaret C. Nelson (Arizona State University) continued excavations at LA3949 (Las Animas Village). The 1997 field crew included EMAP staff from Arizona State University, and students enrolled in the ASU summer archaeological field school. This report provides a summary of excavation strategy for Excavation Unit 31, interpretation of the...

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).

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.

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)...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Unit 17 was a large rectangular (5.8 x 3.8 = 22.0 square meters) room in the Northeast Single-story section of the Postclassic pueblo at Las Animas Village. Its size and the presence of a hearth suggest it was a habitation room. Unit 17 shares a wall with Unit 9, but unlike Unit 9, Unit 17 has only one clear occupation. Unit 9 began as a habitation room but it was subsequently remodeled into a storage room. Unit 17 may have been built when Unit 9 was remodeled. There is no evidence of...

Unit 30 was a rectangular room (5.6 x 4.3 = 24.1 square meters) in the West Side section of the Postclassic pueblo at Las Animas Village. Although it shared a wall with a two-story room (Unit 4), there is no evidence that Unit 30 had more than one story. There is, however, good evidence that the room (floor and features) was remodeled several times. The substantial roof was probably used as a work surface; several whole manos and partial metates were found in association with this surface. ...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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.

Lizard Terrace - 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,...

The 1994 field season was conducted from the end of June through mid August (excavation dates; 6/20/94 through 7/28/94) at three sites on the Ladder Ranch in Caballo, New Mexico; LA 37726 and LA 37727 (multi-terraced Anderson Ranch site), LA 37728, and LA 3949 (Las Animas). The season, funded by the Turner Foundation and the National Geographic Society, was directed by Dr. Margaret Nelson (SUNY Buffalo) and Dr. Michelle Hegmon (NMSU). Excavation was continued at LA 3949, the Las Animas site, and...

This report summarizes the excavation and findings at the site LA37726, Unit 1, conducted during the summer field season, June 19 - August 9. The site is located in the eastern foothills of the Black Range Mountains of Sierra County, southwestern New Mexico. Site LA37726 is situated on a first terrace above the Palomas Creek. Unit 1 shares its site designation number with a roomblock to its north (Unit 10). Site LA37727 is located up slope on the second terrace. Though the sites on the terraces...

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...

This report summarizes the excavation results and analysis of Unit 19, a pueblo room located on a terrace of the Palomas drainage. During the summer of 1995, pueblo rooms located on this terrace, anther terrace along the Palomas drainage, and one terrace along the Animas drainage, were excavated by graduate and undergraduate students from the State University of New York at Buffalo, New Mexico State University, University of Virginia, Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University, and...

This summary contains the results of excavation in Unit 21, a room located on Site LA37726. During the summer of 1995, Site LA37726 was excavated by graduate and undergraduate students under the direction of Dr. Margaret Nelson (State University of New York at Buffalo) and Dr. Michelle Hegmon (New Mexico State University).

This report sets forth the findings of excavations at Unit 30, Site LA37727, resulting from the 1994 field season, June 18 to August 2. During its occupation, Unit 30 appears to have contained a post-Mimbres settlement. Site LA37727 was chosen for its potential ability to answer questions on Mimbres abandonment patterns. Theoretically, during periods of prolonged environmental and economical stress, large villages migrated to smaller settlements such as this one. Situated on a second terrace on...

This report serves as a summary of the excavation of Unit 32, on the upper tier of Las Palomas (Site LA37727). The excavation was conducted from June 24 to August 11, during the 1995 field season, at the Ladder Ranch, Caballo, New Mexico. The excavations conducted at Las Palomas are part of the Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project (EMAP), under the direction of Dr. Margaret Nelson of the state university of New York at Buffalo (UB) and Dr. Michelle Hegmon of New Mexico state University...

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...

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...

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...

Mtn Lion Hamlet - 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,...

This report summarizes the results of the excavation of one room, Unit 1, on Site LA37728, located on the Ladder Ranch, New Mexico. These excavations were conducted in July and August of 1994 as part of the Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project (EMAP). The unit was excavated by graduate and undergraduate students associated with the University at Buffalo Archaeological Field School under the direction of Dr. Margaret Nelson and Dr. Michelle Hegmon. The site supervisor for this facet of the EMAP...

The following report summarizes the excavation of a pueblo room on the Ladder Ranch, Caballo New Mexico. The room, unit 2, was excavated during the months of June, July, and August of 1995 by David Smart (NMSU), Julie Maitland (NMSU), Daniel William Ramin (UB), and Cathy Evans (NAU). Unit 2 is located in a small pueblo room block (4-6 rooms) on the first terrace immediately above the confluence of the Palomas and North Palomas drainages. Unit 2 lies within a site designated LA 37728. The 1995...

Pague Well - 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...