Ancient Communities in the Mimbres Valley

2024-04-09 Social Science

Author : Roger Anyon
Release : 2024-04-09
Genre : Social Science
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Download or read book Ancient Communities in the Mimbres Valley written by Roger Anyon. This book was released on 2024-04-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Mimbres Valley of southwestern New Mexico, archaeologists have been working for decades to meticulously excavate archaeological sites. Expanding beyond studies that focus on a single pueblo, this volume represents the final report on the excavations of the Mimbres Foundation. It brings together data from a range of pithouse and pueblo sites of different sizes and histories in diverse locations—to refine the current understandings of Mimbres region archaeology in the context of the Greater Southwest. From the end of the Late Pithouse period through the Black Mountain phase, the book provides excellent documentation of the artifacts and data recovered from the sites, addresses models of Mimbres community, and tracks change and continuity in the valley over centuries. In addition, the authors consider the nature of the relationship between the Classic Mimbres period population of the valley and the people of the succeeding Black Mountain phase, as well as relationships among the Black Mountain phase people and those of neighboring parts of the region, including the Casas Grandes world and the Jornada Mogollon area. In Ancient Communities in the Mimbres Valley two leading archaeologists bring together a trove of unpublished investigations, expanding understandings and setting a course for the future.

Mimbres Society

2019-11-01 Social Science

Author : Valli S. Powell-Marti
Release : 2019-11-01
Genre : Social Science
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Download or read book Mimbres Society written by Valli S. Powell-Marti. This book was released on 2019-11-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The enchanting pottery created by the Mimbres people of southwestern New Mexico is considered by many scholars to be unique among all the ancient art traditions of North America. Distinguished by their elaborate hand-painted black-on-white designs, Mimbres vessels have inspired artists and collectors, and many insist that they are unrivaled in several millennia of pottery making. While the attention to the extraordinary Mimbres painted pottery is well merited, the focus on its artistry alone has obscured other equally remarkable achievements and compelling questions about this unique and sophisticated society. Was the society as truly egalitarian as it has often been suggested? Was the pottery produced by specialists? How did Mimbres architecture—among the first to break living spaces into apartment-style room blocks—reflect the relationships among individuals, families, and communities? Did aggregate housing units translate into social equality, or did subtle hierarchies exist? Tracing the way technology evolved in ceramic decoration, architecture, and mortuary practices, this collection of eight original contributions brings new insights into previously unexplored dimensions of Mimbres society. The contributors also provide vivid examples of how today’s archaeologists are linking field data to social theory.

Mimbres Life and Society

2017-12-19 History

Author : Patricia A. Gilman
Release : 2017-12-19
Genre : History
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Download or read book Mimbres Life and Society written by Patricia A. Gilman. This book was released on 2017-12-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a detailed account of the archaeological excavation of one of the last possible Mimbres Classic pueblos, including photography of the painted black-on-white pottery--Provided by publisher.

ANCIENT PUEBLO PEOPLES

1994 History

Author : Linda S. Cordell
Release : 1994
Genre : History
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Download or read book ANCIENT PUEBLO PEOPLES written by Linda S. Cordell. This book was released on 1994. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the history and culture of some of the Indian tribes of the Southwest United States, including the Pueblo, Mogollon, and Anasazi tribes.

Decoding Mimbres Painting

2018 ART

Author : Anthony Berlant
Release : 2018
Genre : ART
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Download or read book Decoding Mimbres Painting written by Anthony Berlant. This book was released on 2018. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Best Art Book of 2018 This generously illustrated book explores the pottery of the Mimbres people and offers new insight into its imagery. Named after a valley in what is now Southwestern New Mexico, the Mimbres culture flourished between the 9th and 12th centuries. Through the exploration of paintings on Mimbres bowls, this book offers revelations about the culture's worldview based on the patterns and shapes depicted in their pottery. Drawing on extensive research as well as photography of the flora and fauna that still thrive in the Mimbres valley, the authors make the case that the pottery's beautiful black-and-white paintings and highly intricate designs are abstractions of visual experiences--some seen in the natural world and others generated by trance-like states brought on by ingesting the datura plant. Presenting a distinctive new interpretation of the iconography of ancient Mimbres painted ceramics, this volume addresses Mimbres culture and how this past civilization lived and communicated with the spirit world. Published in association with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

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