Sociocultural implications of large Mimbres sites : architectural and mortuary behavior at the Swarts Ruin, New Mexico /
Archival information is an important component of studies of
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | Archival information is an important component of studies of the Mimbres culture of Southwestern New Mexico; undisturbed sites are a rarity in the region. This paper applies statistical methods along with factual and theoretical advances made in more recent and better documented excavations to the unpublished data available in the Swarts Ruin fieldnotes of H.S and C.B. Cosgrove (1924-1927). This research utilizes a contextual approach to address current theoretical issues with an emphasis on social processes in early agricultural societies. Aspects of land tenure and attendant social markers have been found to be represented in the material record of the Swarts Ruin. Following Saxe (I 970), expression of land tenure rights is found to be manifested in the form of exclusive intramural cemeteries. These cemeteries are associated with both more permanent architecture and specific fire feature forms in the Swarts Ruin. The aggregation of room blocks, which led to the morphology of large Mimbres Classic settlements along the fertile floodplains of the Mimbres River, is mirrored in the aggregation of burials into discreet cemeteries. |
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| Item Description: | Vita. "Major subject: Anthropology". |
| Physical Description: | x, 243 leaves : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm. Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |