Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-12
MONOCRAP H ON
ARCHAEOLOGY OF
M|MBRES VALLEY
Official of Smithsonian InSti-
tuition Writes Surprising.
Volume of Great Interest to-
Students,

,sssetsl coRaEspo~nSner 70 MORNING JouHStu
santa ZEE, jan 1.-THE Lower
Mimbres Valley New Mexico, and Its
Archaeology is the title of surpris-
inc volume just sent to the School of
American Archaeology by j. Walter
Fewkes of the Smithsonian Institution
surprising because it tells a won
derful story of prehistoric ruins and
remains in part of New Mexico.
that has been connected merely in n
vogue manner with archaeology DR..
Fewkes. in fact, says in this mono
eroph. "The valley of the Mimbres
has never been regarded as favora-
Bile to archaeological studies, but has
been practically overlooked" Further
ON ne declares. practically nothing
has thus far been recorded on the
autiuuites of the region Immediately
about Deming, nor of those south of
that important railroad center TO the
Mexican border.
The monograph gives a glimpse of
the incalculable archaeological riches
Of New Mexico, found not only in the
region tributary TO Santa Fee, but also
to Albquequcrque and other popula-
tinn centers, from the San Juan valley
i'm the north TO the ella river in the
sonth and from the Staked Plains in
The east to the zunis in the west.
OF the immense amount of material
taken out by Or. Fewkes on his first
has 90 las 80
pecially beautiful and varied in it's
decorations Mr.. Fewkes pays "a
tribute 10 Or. $. b. Swope of Deming
and praises his valuable collection
now in the high school at Deming.
Thanks are also given TO p. d. Os-
born and other Luna county citizens
who aided in the research.
Prehistoric People.
As to the prehistoric people who in
habited the Mimbres valley before the
DAYS Of the pumping wells and w. Il.
Holt, Mr.. Fewkes says 1T appears
TO the author that there are so many
cultural simlarities among the seden-
tary people which inhabited the 81
ezra Madre plateau of which the An
telope plain of the Mimbres valley is
only a northern extension, that we
may regard their culture as closely
related Although the ancients of
the Mimbres valley were related on
the one side to the Pueblos of New
Mexico and on the other to more
southern people, that relationship eX-
listed between the ancestors of the
game rather than with modern Pueb-
los, ana reached back to a time be-
fore the terraced communal house
originated. This type of house arose
in northern New Mexico and spread
ing from this center extended down
the san Juan as far as GIopi, while
Notifications are also found in GER
tain ruins on the ella and Little Col
0rado, which, like Zuni, il profoundly
influenced, but its influence never
reached as far as the lower Mimbres.
The monograph is bountifully and
beautifully Illustrated. DR.. Fewkes
is a member of the managing commit
tee Of the School of American Ar
chaeology at Santa Fe, and his dis
coveries in the Mimbres valley as well
ms those of Nelson in the Sandals and
Galsteo valley, those of Gates in the
ella valley, and of Or. T., l.. Hewett
last year at Curai In the Manzanillos
al Amoxiumque in the Jomez, and OF
kiddcr in the San Juan basin, show
how widespread the ancient cultures
We're In this state.