Ladder Ranch Research Project, A Report of the First Season
Creators: name: Nelson, Margaret
name: Lekson, Stephen
name: Wandsnider, LuAnn
name: Price, Lindsey
name: Carey, Kristen
name: Gilman, Patricia A.
name: Mills, Barbara J.
Publisher: name: (:unav)
Year: 1984
Subjects: subject: Southwest New Mexico
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subject: Palomas Drainage
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subject: Animas Drainage
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subject: Seco Drainage
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subject: Eastern Mimbres
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subject: Rio Grande Drainage
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subject: Classic Mimbres Period
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subject: Mimbres Reorganization Phase
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subject: Black Mountain Phase
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5711/black-mountain-phase
subject: Early Mogollon Pithouse Period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/22/early-mogollon-pithouse-period
subject: Late Mogollon Pithouse Period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/39/late-mogollon-pithouse-period
subject: Mogollon
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/34/mogollon
subject: Mimbres
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/108/mimbres
subject: Anderson Village - LA37690
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/2317/anderson-village-la37690
subject: Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/251/domestic-structure-or-architectural-complex
subject: Shell
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/14/shell
subject: Wood
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/15/wood
subject: Ceramic
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subject: Chipped Stone
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subject: Dating Sample
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subject: Fauna
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subject: Ground Stone
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subject: Macrobotanical
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subject: Mineral
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subject: Data Recovery / Excavation
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subject: Research Design / Data Recovery Plan
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subject: Systematic Survey
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description: The Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project (EMAP), co-directed by Drs. Margaret Nelson and Michelle Hegmon began in 1990, building upon earlier work by Nelson. EMAP focuses on the later (post-AD 1000) prehistory of the eastern Mimbres area, a portion of the Mimbres region in southwest New Mexico. In 1982 Nelson was at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque and in the early 1990s at the State University of New York, Buffalo, and Hegmon was at New Mexico State University, Las Cruces. In 1995 both moved to Arizona State University, where they and the project reside today. Earlier work by EMAP focused on the post-AD 1150 period, specifically what is now called the Reorganization phase [1150-early 1200s] of the Postclassic period. After 1998 the project focused on the Classic period (AD 1000-1130). Key research issues include the social and ecological dynamics of reorganization, residential mobility among farmers, environmental impact and sustainable farming practices, pottery production and exchange, and community organization.