Mimbres Periphery Study (MPS)
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Site Name Keywords
Cooney Ranch - LA 5841 •
McDermot Ranch #1 through 4 •
Pueblo sites
Site Type Keywords
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
Other Keywords
Vandalism •
Pothunting •
Mimbres Region •
Mogollon Prehistoric Sites •
Interactive Communities •
Land Tenure •
Mimbres •
Pueblo
Investigation Types
Reconnaissance / Survey •
Archaeological Overview •
Data Recovery / Excavation •
Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis •
Records Search / Inventory Checking •
Research Design / Data Recovery Plan •
Site Evaluation / Testing •
Systematic Survey •
Ethnographic Research •
Heritage Management
Material Types
Building Materials •
Ceramic •
Chipped Stone •
Dating Sample •
Fauna •
Ground Stone •
Macrobotanical •
Mineral
Temporal Keywords
Classic Mimbres Period •
Classic Mimbres •
Late Pithouse period
Geographic Keywords
US (ISO Country Code) •
New Mexico (State / Territory) •
United States of America (Country) •
North America (Continent) •
Southwestern New Mexico •
Grant County (County)
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Aspects of Land Tenure in an Ancient Southwestern Farming Society in the Mimbres Valley, New Mexico (2003)
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This dissertation research focuses on the development of new communities in areas outside of the main Mimbres River Valley during the Classic period, ca. 1000-1150. Based on a review of ethnohistoric farming societies living in marginal areas, a model was developed for understanding when and under what conditions landless groups of people form in established communities and the decisions they then make for survival, including moving into empty, but marginal, agricultural zones and establishing...
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A Resurgence of Pothunting and Bulldozing Mimbres Sites on Private and Federal Lands in Southwestern New Mexico (2006)
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Much to the dismay of the archaeological community, a resurgence of pothunting is occurring across southwestern New Mexico on private and federal lands. The scale of pothunting ranges from shovel probes to bulldozing. Federal and state laws enacted since 1989 served to slow pothunting, especially the destruction caused by bulldozers, but the pendulum is now swinging back towards increased activity. Recent examples of these activities will be discussed and possible reasons for this resurgence...