Ancient Communities in the Mimbres Valley

Roger Anyon has conducted almost fifty years of research on the pre-Hispanic occupations of the Mimbres Valley. He is a co-editor of New Perspectives on Mimbres Archaeology and co-author of The Galaz Ruin.Steven A. LeBlanc is the former director of collections at Harvard University’s Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. He is a co-author of Mimbres Life and Society and The Galaz Ruin.

“It’s hard to believe this will be the last report from the Mimbres Foundation. Nearly a half-century later, the Foundation’s work remains fundamental to our understanding of the ancient people who lived in the Mimbres River valley. This report contains a trove of data that would have been lost to looting were it not for the Mimbres Foundation’s work. Mimbres scholars and enthusiasts will undoubtedly rely on this volume for the next half century and beyond.”—Jakob W. Sedig, co-editor of Mogollon Communal Spaces and Places in the Greater American Southwest“This book is a welcome addition to the growing body of Mimbres archaeology literature. Anyon and LeBlanc have assembled a significant collection of Late Pithouse, Classic, and Postclassic site reports excavated by the Mimbres Foundation. The book will be of particular interest to archaeologists in the greater Southwest and northern Mexico.”—Harry Shafer, author of Painters in Prehistory: Archaeology and Art of the Lower Pecos Canyonlands“This is a crowning achievement. Anyon and LeBlanc manage to provide critically important primary data and offer an up-to-date synthesis of Mimbres archaeology, providing a foundation for and pointing the way toward new areas of research.”—Patrick D. Lyons, editor of The Davis Ranch Site“Anyon and LeBlanc have done two things in one with this book: presented an excellent site report on an important set of excavations and taken a new and interesting approach to the enduring question of ‘What happened after the Classic Mimbres period?’”—Karen Gust Schollmeyer, University of Arizona

• AcknowledgementsList of TablesList of FiguresList of PlatesChapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. Late Pithouse and Classic Mimbres Site Settings and ArchitectureChapter 3. Late Pithouse and Classic Mimbres Ceramic AssemblagesChapter 4. Late Pithouse and Classic Mimbres Burials and Human RemainsChapter 5. Black Mountain Phase Site Settings and ArchitectureChapter 6. Black Mountain Phase Ceramic AssemblagesChapter 7. Black Mountain Phase Burials and Human RemainsChapter 8. SubsistenceChapter 9. Tools, Ornaments, Other Objects and MineralsChapter 10. Chronology, Community, Continuity and ChangeChapter 11. ConclusionsReferences CitedAppendix A. Other Site Testing ResultsAppendix B. Architectural Tables for All SitesAppendix C. Ceramic Counts and Ceramic Vessel Data for All SitesAppendix D. Ethnobotanical, Pollen, and Fauna Counts for All SitesAppendix E. Chipped Stone Debitage and Ground Stone Data for All SitesAppendix F. Tools, Ornaments, Other Objects, and Raw Materials for All SitesAppendix G. Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis of Ceramics by Darrell CreelAppendix H. Black Mountain Phase Chronology in the Lower Mimbres Valley by Lori BarkwillLove