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Abandonment and Reorganization the Mimbres Region of the American Southwest
Author(s) -
Hegmon Michelle,
Nelson Margaret C.,
Ruth Susan M.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
american anthropologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1548-1433
pISSN - 0002-7294
DOI - 10.1525/aa.1998.100.1.148
Subject(s) - abandonment (legal) , context (archaeology) , pottery , history , diversity (politics) , archaeology , period (music) , homogeneous , architecture , geography , economic geography , anthropology , sociology , political science , art , law , aesthetics , physics , thermodynamics
Archaeological research on abandonments has focused primarily on their causes, as though they were final events. This article investigates the abandonment at the end of the Mimbres Classic Period as a process of reorganization within a larger social context. Analyses of pottery and architecture demonstrate that previously homogeneous material culture was replaced by a diversity of technological styles. These material changes indicate that the reorganization involved the development of broader regional ties and the redefinition of community.