Recent Research at El Paso Phase Jornada Mogollon Pueblos in Southern Tularosa Basin, New Mexico

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Recent Research at Jornada Mogollon Sites in South-Central New Mexico" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

During the past four years, the Office of Contract Archeology, University of New Mexico conducted a series of archaeological test evaluations on White Sands Missile Range that uncovered evidence related to new trends in El Paso phase Jornada Mogollon residential patterns. The results of our fieldwork indicate the existence of large melted adobe room block complexes all clustering around playa basins that would have collected seasonal water supplies. The observed surface manifestations indicate some room block complexes were very large with some consisting possibly of several hundred rooms. Analysis of surface ceramics, turquoise, malachite and shell artifacts from the melted adobe room block areas revealed new information about the trading patterns between Casas Grandes, Salado, Rio Grande and the Northern Jornada groups. Recent testing of one of the rooms has revealed evidence for ritual termination of the structure and new information about Jornada Mogollon ceremonialism and interactions with their neighbors.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Recent Research at Jornada Mogollon Sites in South-Central New Mexico   •
• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 23467