Phyllis Pueblo (LA 45160) - Unit Summaries

Part of: MPLP - Unit Summaries

The Mogollon Prehistoric Landscapes Project, co-directed by Drs. Margaret Nelson and Karen Schollmeyer from 2007-2013 (with Dr. Steve Swanson as a co-director in 2007-2008). MPLP built upon earlier work by Nelson and Dr. Michelle Hegmon as part of the Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project (EMAP). The project is based in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University and the collections are housed at ASU's Center for Archaeology and Society. MPLP focuses on understanding social connections and land use during the Postclassic period (A.D. 1130-1400+) in the Mimbres area of the Mogollon region in southwest New Mexico. This collection includes all the excavation records from the project.

Site Name Keywords
Phyllis Pueblo

Site Type Keywords
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex

Culture Keywords
Mogollon • Mimbres

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation • Research Design / Data Recovery Plan • Systematic Survey

Material Types
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Fauna • Ground Stone • Building Materials • Macrobotanical • Mineral • Pollen • Shell

Temporal Keywords
Postclassic Mimbres Period

Geographic Keywords
Eastern Mimbres • Southwest New Mexico • Palomas Drainage

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  • Documents (7)
  • Phyllis Pueblo (LA 45160) - Unit 101-102 Summary (2009)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Steve Swanson. Will Russell.

    Units 101 and 102 represent a room suite located in the northwest portion of Phyllis Pueblo. Unit 101 is a rectangular room situated west of and connected by a doorway with a room referred to as Unit 102. A single (perhaps spine-) wall running east-west serves as the south wall for both Unit 101 and Unit 102. A second apparent spine-wall, four meters north of and parallel to the first, serves as the north wall of both rooms. Three shorter walls, each running north-south between the two spine...

  • Phyllis Pueblo (LA 45160) - Unit 103 Summary (2009)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Steve Swanson.

    Unit 103 is a room located in the northwestern area of Phyllis Pueblo. The unit was encountered beneath a later occupation (Units 101 and 102). Unit 103 was built on the northwest side of Phyllis Pueblo, upon a surface that has a slight downwards slope to the southwest.

  • Phyllis Pueblo (LA 45160) - Unit 201 Summary (2009)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Will Russell.

    Unit 201 is located in pueblo room at Phyllis Pueblo (LA45160). The site is located on Palomas Creek, a western tributary of the Rio Grande in southwest New Mexico. Based on extant ceramics and other temporally diagnostic artifacts (Floor Znd subsurface), the immediate area appears to have hosted occupations between the late seventh and early twenty-first centuries. This time frame includes the Late Postclassic period (ca. A.D. 1300-1450), a primary focus of the Mogollon Prehistoric Landscapes...

  • Phyllis Pueblo (LA 45160) - Unit 202 Summary (2009)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Will Russell. Garrett Trask.

    The Phyllis Pueblo site (LA45160) is located on Palomas Creek, a western tributary of the Rio Grande in southwestern New Mexico. Unit 202 is located in the east-central portion of the site, where deposits appear to be highest and prehistoric architecture is partially overlain by an historic structure. The unit contains at least four separate occupations (Z, A, B, and C), with Z being the lowest (i.e., earliest) and C being the highest (i.e., latest). Each has a distinct floor and, ostensibly,...

  • Phyllis Pueblo (LA 45160) - Unit 202 Summary (2010)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Will Russell. Karen Gust Schollmeyer. Margaret C. Nelson.

    The Phyllis Pueblo site (LA45160) is located on Palomas Creek, a western tributary of the Rio Grande in southwestern New Mexico. Unit 202 is located in the east-central portion of the site and was first excavated in 2009. An unexpected number of superimposed floors and corresponding walls were encountered. Excavation resumed the following year in order to better understand the relationship between these walls, floors, and associated artifacts. Within and adjacent to Unit 202, we encountered...

  • Phyllis Pueblo (LA 45160) - Unit 204 Summary (2010)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Will Russell. Colleen Strawhacker. Garrett Trask.

    The Phyllis Pueblo site (LA45160) is located on Palomas Creek, a western tributary of the Rio Grande in southwestern New Mexico. Unit 204 was identified in 2009 during excavations in the adjacent room of Unit 202. The former is immediately east of the latter and they appear to have shared a common wall throughout most, if not all, occupations. In 2010, additional excavation was undertaken in the southern section of Phyllis Pueblo. This continued research was designed to answer questions about...

  • Phyllis Pueblo (LA 45160) - Unit 206 Summary (2010)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Will Russell.

    The Phyllis Pueblo site (LA45160) is located on Palomas Creek, a western tributary of the Rio Grande in southwestern New Mexico. Unit 206 was identified in 2009 during excavation in the adjacent room of Unit 202. The former is immediately north of the latter and they appear to have shared a common wall throughout most, if not all, occupations. In 2010, additional excavation was undertaken in the southern section of Phyllis Pueblo. This continued research was designed to answer questions about...