Title: Mimbres during the twelfth century : abandonment, continuity, and reorganization /
Authors: Nelson, Margaret Cecile, 1951-
Publisher: University of Arizona Press,
Year: 1999
Subjects: Mimbres culture.; Indians of North America New Mexico Migrations.; Indians of North America Land tenure New Mexico.; Land settlement patterns New Mexico.; Archaeological surveying New Mexico.; New Mexico Antiquities
Abstract: During the mid twelfth century, villages that had been occupied by the Mimbres people in what is now southwestern New Mexico were depopulated and new settlements were formed. While most scholars view abandonment in terms of failed settlements, Margaret Nelson shows that, for the Mimbres, abandonment of individual communities did not necessarily imply abandonment of regions.
Contents: Abandonment is no mystery -- The Mimbres -- Evidence for Mimbres occupation during the eleventh through thirteenth centuries -- Occupational histories of four postclassic hamlets -- Foraging and farming / Margaret C. Nelson, Michael W. Diehl -- Social contexts of the postclassic / Margaret C. Nelson, Michelle Hegmon -- Rethinking abandonment.