Mogollon Communal Spaces and Places in the American Southwest

Robert J. Stokes is assistant professor and chair of the Department of Anthropology and Applied Archaeology at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales. He spent fourteen years in cultural resource management in Arizona followed by four-and-a-half years as the New Mexico State Parks archaeologist. He is the editor of Communities and Households in the Greater American Southwest; his work has also been published in Kiva and Journal of Field Archaeology.Katherine A. Dungan is the assistant manager of the Archaeological Repository at the Arizona State Museum. Her work has been published in the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, Antiquity, and American Antiquity.Jakob W. Sedig is a postdoctoral research fellow and ethics and outreach officer at the Reich Laboratory of Medical and Population Genetics, Harvard University. His work has been published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, Antiquity, and World Archaeology.

“A valuable addition to the literature. Many of the chapters describe important sites or structures or important processes such as the solstice or connections between sites and landscapes. It will be useful for decades to come.” —Michelle Hegmon, Arizona State University

• List of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgmentsIntroduction. Rethinking Mogollon Communal Spaces and Places and Their Social Contexts: A Twenty-First-Century Perspective by Robert J. Stokes, Katherine A. Dungan, and Jakob W. Sedig1. Early Communal Architecture: The Plaza at the Sanchez Cerro de Trincheras and Other Locations by Robert J. Hard, Gabriella Zaragosa, John R. Roney, A. C. MacWilliams, and Mary E. Whisenhunt2. A Case Study of Early Mogollon Great Kivas from South Diamond Creek Pueblo by Fumiyasu Arakawa, Aimee Oliver-Bozeman, and Jorden Scott3. Pipes, Palettes, and Projectile Points: Great Kiva Rituals and Ritual Paraphernalia at the Harris Site by Barbara J. Roth, Danielle Romero, and Ashley Lauzon4. The Woodrow Site’s Central Ceremonial Precinct: What Three Oversized Communal Structures Reveal about Changing Communal Practices in the Upper Gila by Jakob W. Sedig5. The Enduring Importance of Mimbres Great Kivas at the Swarts Site by Darrell Creel6. A Mimbres Mogollon Sacred Landscape as Seen from an Early Classic Period Kiva Structure, Southwestern New Mexico by Robert J. Stokes and Joseph McConnell7. New Perspectives on the Ritual and Communal Space Use at NAN Ranch, Grant County, New Mexico by Harry J. Shafer8. The Creekside Village Great Kiva as a Celestial Observatory and the Role of Great Kivas within Mesilla Phase Irrigation Communities by David H. Greenwald and John Groh9. Constructing Community: Intersite Variability of Communal Architecture at Cottonwood Spring Pueblo by Kristin Corl and Dylan Person10. Beyond the Village Communal Structure: Social and Political Engagements with the Landscapes of the Southern Mogollon by Myles R. Miller11. Changes in the Use of Communal Space in the Pine Lawn/Reserve Branch of the Mogollon 181Tammy Stone12. Marked Spaces, Marked Assemblages: The Interpretation of Patterns in Pueblo Period Great Kivas and Their Contents by Katherine A. Dungan13. Animal Remains in Communal Spaces and Ritual Activities in the Reserve and Mimbres Mogollon Areas, AD200–1450 by Karen Gust Schollmeyer14. A Regional Consideration of Mogollon Great Kivas by Roger AnyonReferencesContributorsIndex