Mimbres during the Twelfth Century Abandonment, Continuity, and Reorganization

• Main Author: Nelson, Margaret C. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: University of Arizona Press 2022
• Subjects: Archaeology
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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...