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296 pages, 6 x 9
34 b&w illustrations, 20 tables
Paperback
Release Date:02 Jul 2024
ISBN:9780816553877
Hardcover
Release Date:27 Nov 2018
ISBN:9780816538560
New Perspectives on Mimbres Archaeology
Three Millennia of Human Occupation in the North American Southwest
The University of Arizona Press
In the early 1970s, understanding of the Mimbres region as a whole was in its infancy. In the following decades, thanks to dedicated work by enterprising archaeologists and nonprofit organizations, our understanding of the Mimbres region has become more complex, nuanced, and rich.
New Perspectives on Mimbres Archaeology brings together these experts in a single volume for the first time. The contributors discuss current knowledge of the people who lived in the Mimbres region of the southwestern United States and how our knowledge has changed since the Mimbres Foundation, directed by Steven A. LeBlanc, began the first modern archaeological investigations in the region. Many of these authors have spent decades conducting the fieldwork that has allowed for a broader understanding of Mimbres society.
Focusing on a variety of important research topics of interest to archaeologists—including the social contexts of people and communities, the role of ritual and ideology in Mimbres society, evidence of continuities and cultural change through time, and the varying impacts of external influences throughout the region—New Perspectives on Mimbres Archaeology presents recent data on and interpretations of the entire pre-Hispanic sequence of occupation. Additional contributions include a history of nonprofit archaeology by William H. Doelle and a concluding chapter by Steven A. LeBlanc reflecting on his decades-long work in Mimbres archaeology and outlining important areas for the next wave of research.
New Perspectives on Mimbres Archaeology brings together these experts in a single volume for the first time. The contributors discuss current knowledge of the people who lived in the Mimbres region of the southwestern United States and how our knowledge has changed since the Mimbres Foundation, directed by Steven A. LeBlanc, began the first modern archaeological investigations in the region. Many of these authors have spent decades conducting the fieldwork that has allowed for a broader understanding of Mimbres society.
Focusing on a variety of important research topics of interest to archaeologists—including the social contexts of people and communities, the role of ritual and ideology in Mimbres society, evidence of continuities and cultural change through time, and the varying impacts of external influences throughout the region—New Perspectives on Mimbres Archaeology presents recent data on and interpretations of the entire pre-Hispanic sequence of occupation. Additional contributions include a history of nonprofit archaeology by William H. Doelle and a concluding chapter by Steven A. LeBlanc reflecting on his decades-long work in Mimbres archaeology and outlining important areas for the next wave of research.
‘This is an excellently synthesized and invaluable book for understanding the current knowledge, information, and data regarding the Mimbres culture of the American Southwest.’—Fumi Arakawa, Department of Anthropology, New Mexico State University
Barbara J. Roth is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Patricia A. Gilman is a professor emerita in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Oklahoma.
Roger Anyon is an archaeologist with the Pima County (Arizona) Office of Sustainability and Conservation, where he has worked since 2001.
Patricia A. Gilman is a professor emerita in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Oklahoma.
Roger Anyon is an archaeologist with the Pima County (Arizona) Office of Sustainability and Conservation, where he has worked since 2001.