EMAP (2002) Report on Construction Wood Use at Classic and Postclassic Sites in the Eastern Mimbres Area, Elliot

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Author(s): Michelle Elliott

Year: 2002

Summary

This study concerns the use of wood for primary posts in Mimbres room blocks from the Eastern Mimbres area that date to the Classic and Postclassic periods. Sixty-seven flotation samples were analyzed from floor features and post hole features believed to have served as the primary load-bearing supports in rooms excavated by the Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project (EMAP). The probable wood type of the post for each floor feature was assigned and both synchronic and diachronic comparisons in the types of wood used for construction were made. The results indicate a general continuity in the use of wood for construction between the Classic and Postclassic periods. Posts were constructed from woods found in a variety of the local ecological zones.

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EMAP (2002) Report on Construction Wood Use at Classic and Postclassic Sites in the Eastern Mimbres Area, Elliot. Michelle Elliott. 2002 ( tDAR id: 374761) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8RJ4GV9

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Keywords

Culture
Mimbres • Mogollon

Material
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Fauna • Ground Stone • Macrobotanical • Mineral • Shell • Wood

Site Name
Avilas Canyon (Old Jenn) - LA 44997 • Avilas Canyon (upper) - LA 45000 • Mountain Lion Hamlet - LA 37728 • Pague Well - LA130191 • SJ - LA 45028

Site Type
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex

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

Geographic Keywords
Animas Drainage • Eastern Mimbres • Palomas Drainage • Rio Grande Drainage • Seco Drainage • Southwest New Mexico

Temporal Keywords
Black Mountain Phase • Classic Mimbres Period • Early Mogollon Pithouse Period • Late Mogollon Pithouse Period • Mimbres Reorganization Phase

Spatial Coverage

min long: -107.428; min lat: 32.927 ; max long: -107.356; max lat: 32.982 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Principal Investigator(s): Michelle Hegmon; Margaret C. Nelson

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