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Mimbres during the Twelfth Century: Abandonment, Continuity, and Reorganization
Margaret C. Nelson
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Description for Mimbres during the Twelfth Century: Abandonment, Continuity, and Reorganization
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; 3H; HBJK; HBLC; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 533.
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. By examining the economic and social reasons for change among the Mimbres, Nelson reconstructs a process of shifting residence as people spent more time in field camps and gradually transformed them into small hamlets while continuing to farm their old fields. Challenging current interpretations ... Read more
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. By examining the economic and social reasons for change among the Mimbres, Nelson reconstructs a process of shifting residence as people spent more time in field camps and gradually transformed them into small hamlets while continuing to farm their old fields. Challenging current interpretations ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Tucson, United States
ISBN
9780816518685
SKU
V9780816518685
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for Mimbres during the Twelfth Century: Abandonment, Continuity, and Reorganization
Why did they all leave? Why did their system crash? Where did they go? Such questions about ancient farming peoples of the American Southwest have long directed the research and affected the thinking of many archaeologists while concomitantly feeding public interest in the 'romance' or archaeology. In this fine book, Margaret Nelson . . . questions those questions and, by ... Read more