Changing Settlement and Population in the Mimbres Valley, SW New Mexico

1986 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 439 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Blake ◽  
Steven A. LeBlanc ◽  
Paul E. Minnis
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Mimbres Valley

The Exotic Origins of Fishes Depicted on Prehistoric Mimbres Pottery from New Mexico

1986 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 688-720 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen C. Jett ◽  
Peter B. Moyle
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Gulf Of California ◽  
Marine Origin ◽  
Mimbres Valley

A variety of fishes is depicted on Classic Mimbres figurative pottery of ca. A.D. 950-1150. Bowl paintings show fishing scenes and equipment. We have tentatively identified depictions of 20 fish taxa, 18 of which are of marine origin. The suite of species suggests a provenience in the Gulf of California, near Guaymas, Sonora. Mimbres traders apparently traveled 1,500 km from New Mexico's Mimbres Valley to the Gulf and back, probably to obtain shells and other materials for home use and for commerce.

scholarly journals Chemical compositional analysis of polychrome pottery in the northern Casas Grandes area (a.d. 1200-1450)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Candace A. Sall
Keyword(s):  
Neutron Activation Analysis ◽  
New Mexico ◽  
Activation Analysis ◽  
Compositional Analysis ◽  
Petrographic Analysis ◽  
Casas Grandes ◽  
Production Location ◽  
Far North ◽  
Religious System ◽  
Mimbres Valley

The northern area of the Casas Grandes Medio Period (A.D. 1200-1450) was not well known archaeologically. 76 Draw is on the border of the Casas Grandes and Salado (A.D. 1275-1450) regions and the nature of interaction and integration with both areas at this site was examined through excavation. 76 Draw, an Animas Phase settlement in Luna County, New Mexico, had both Ramos Polychrome vessels, a Casas Grandes polychrome type, and Gila Polychrome vessels, a Salado polychrome type, and neutron activation analysis was conducted to determine if both types were made at 76 Draw. The Ramos Polychrome pottery at the site came from three production locations based on the geochemical groups as well as petrographic analysis of some of the sherds. One of the production locations is at or near Paquimé and one might be at or near 76 Draw. The Gila Polychrome vessels came to 76 Draw from one production location in the Mimbres Valley north of the site. 76 Draw was integrated with Casas Grandes in Chihuahua, Mexico, as it was participating in the religious system that included the production and use of the iconographic Ramos Polychrome pottery. Evidence of roasting ovens, obsidian from southern sources, shell, and bird burial information from 76 Draw, along with Ramos Polychrome data, demonstrates that the Casas Grandes interaction sphere operates as far north as southern New Mexico.

scholarly journals Using residue analysis to explore household activities at the Harris Site, Mimbres Valley, New Mexico

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 270-278
Author(s):  
Barbara Roth ◽  
Aaron Woods ◽  
Danielle Romero ◽  
Malka McNeely ◽  
Mary Malainey
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Residue Analysis ◽  
Household Activities ◽  
Mimbres Valley

Changing Settlement and Population in the Mimbres Valley, SW New Mexico

1986 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 439-464 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Blake ◽  
Steven A. LeBlanc ◽  
Paul E. Minnis
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Mimbres Valley

New Interpretations of Mimbres Public Architecture and Space: Implications for Cultural Change

2003 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darrell Creel ◽  
Roger Anyon
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Agricultural Intensification ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
Construction Methods ◽  
Mimbres Valley ◽  
Existing Data ◽  
Public Architecture ◽  
Cultural Developments

Recent excavations and reanalysis of existing data on communal pit structures provide intriguing insights into ritual and cultural developments over a period of about 350 years, from A.D. 800 to 1140, in the Mimbres Valley of southwestern New Mexico. In the middle of this period, people shifted dwellings from pithouses to pueblos, a shift previously viewed as the pivotal transformation of Mimbres society. In this paper we show that significant changes in Mimbres society began in the A.D. 800s. Trends in the construction methods of communal pit structures, the placement of dedicatory items within them, their ritual retirements, and their long-lived significance within Mimbres villages, reflect other changes that occurred in Mimbres society. We contend that in the A.D. 800s, rapid change based on strong connections with the Hohokam of southern Arizona and agricultural intensification began a trajectory that culminated in the Classic Mimbres pueblos of the A.D. 1000s and early 1100s.

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