Preliminary Results from Excavations of a Communal Pit Structure in the Gila National Forest

Summary

As part of the recent salvage recovery effort at the South Diamond Creek Pueblo (LA 181765), a small Classic Mimbres pueblo (1000-1150 CE) in the Aldo Leopold Wilderness of the Gila National Forest, excavation was performed on a large pit structure that appears to be associated with an earlier occupation of the area. Sample excavation was performed as part of a field school directed by Dr. Fumiyasu Arakawa of New Mexico State University under. Very few archaeological investigations have been conducted in this area. The data recovered from this structure will contribute to a sparse data set on communal pit structures from this northern edge of the Mimbres boundary. With the work performed in the summer of 2017, numerous artifacts were discovered that will aid in the dating of the pit structure. This poster will provide a glimpse into the excavation and will present preliminary results of the excavation effort. Continued work on this site offers a new perspective into the northern Mimbres during the Late Pithouse period (550-1000 CE).

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 83rd Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (2018)

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Abstract Id(s): 20368