Re-evaluating the Mimbres Region Prehispanic Chronometric Record

Anyon, Roger; Creel, Darrell; Gilman, Patricia A.; LeBlanc, Steven A.; Miller, Myles R.; Nash, Stephen E.; Nelson, Margaret C.; Putsavage, Kathryn Jane; Roth, Barbara J.; Schollmeyer, Karen; Sedig, Jakob; Turnbow, Christopher A.

doi:10.1080/00231940.2017.1341807

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“…The excessive tails on the occupation ending date are probably due to having only a few dates for the rectangular pithouses. Pueblo structures and Classic (Style III) Mimbres Black-on-white pottery are estimated to have been in use by AD 1000 (Anyon et al 2017; Shafer and Brewington 1995). Given that Mogollon Village had neither, a more realistic occupation ending would be to use the end of the rectangular pithouse phase estimate of cal AD 895–990 ( 95% probability; end Rectangular Pithouses; Figure 3) and probably of cal AD 900–940 ( 68% probability ).…”

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“…With 19 new radiocarbon dates, this analysis also provides an important opportunity to evaluate the revised Mogollon-Mimbres chronological sequence (Anyon et al 2017). The Mogollon Village Model I is consistent with the revised Early Pithouse period timeframe proposed in that sequence, which begins during the third century and ends during the eighth century, and the early AD 700s start date for the introduction of rectangular-shaped pithouses.…”

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“…Anyon and colleagues (2017) recently refined the Mogollon-Mimbres chronology using Bayesian analysis on 1,335 absolute dates (tree ring, radiocarbon, and archaeomagnetic). This revised chronology moves the Georgetown phase into the Early Pithouse period, and it dates the Early Pithouse period to roughly AD 170–290 to AD 735 based on radiocarbon dates from short-lived plant material and construction beams.…”

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Rethinking “Village” at Mogollon Village (LA 11568): Formal Chronological Modeling of a Persistent Place

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2020

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In the U.S. Southwest, large pithouse sites are often referred to as “villages,” implying a continuous settlement of contemporary households. But determining pithouse contemporaneity at these sites is challenging, even when relying on radiocarbon dates. Using a Bayesian chronological framework, I examine the overall chronology and occupational histories of individual pithouses at Mogollon Village (LA 11568), a large pithouse site in western New Mexico. The results presented here suggest Mogollon Village occupation began at least by cal AD 5–130 and ended around cal AD 895–990. The modeled dates suggest only a few pithouses were inhabited at any given time throughout the site's occupation. Given these findings, Mogollon Village is best understood as a persistent place—a place of repeated, transient occupation—rather than a village. This study demonstrates that Bayesian modeling can be used to reassess an existing chronological framework, shed light on the contemporaneity of structures at a site, and change our understanding of a site's nature.

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Rethinking “Village” at Mogollon Village (LA 11568): Formal Chronological Modeling of a Persistent Place

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“…The Mimbres chronology was established decades ago (Anyon et al 1981) but has recently been revised (Anyon et al 2017). Here we summarize the current understanding of dates and thereafter use period names.…”

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“…The Late Pithouse period (Georgetown, San Francisco, and Three Circle phases) was dated to AD 550–1000, and the Classic Mimbres period to AD 1000–1130. Revisions date the Late Pithouse-to-Classic transition to AD 1010–1020 and the end of the Classic Mimbres period to AD 1125, 1150, or 1170, depending on the materials analyzed (Anyon et al 2017:336).…”

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The Social Significance of Mimbres Painted Pottery in the U.S. Southwest

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Mimbres painted pottery from the U.S. Southwest is renowned for its spectacular designs. Literature on style and identity suggests three concepts helpful for understanding its social significance: boundaries, multiple dimensions of variation, and historical context. This article investigates these concepts by synthesizing past studies with new analyses. The distribution of Mimbres pottery is strongly bounded, demonstrated with data from the cyberSW project. Variation in designs is multidimensional: (1) individual artists created distinctive styles; (2) specific designs are distributed homogeneously across the region, a conclusion demonstrated in part with new analyses of the geometric designs; and (3) pan-regionally, the designs’ content, regular structure, and appearance on multiple media suggest they were meaning-charged. Considering these findings in their historical context provides insights into the pottery's social significance and elaboration: population growth in the resource-rich Mimbres region engendered land tenure systems, marked in part by burials that included pottery. The pottery came to convey the message “I belong here” from two perspectives. By adopting the pottery, people, including migrants, signaled their acceptance of established ways of life in the region, and their access to the pottery indicated their acceptance in the social milieu.

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