Late Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers and Farmers of the Jornada Mogollon

Late Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers and Farmers of the Jornada Mogollon
Author: Thomas R. Rocek
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2019-02-21
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1607327953

Often seen as geographically marginal and of limited research interest to archaeologists, the Jornada Mogollon region of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico deserves broader attention. Late Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers and Farmers of the Jornada Mogollon presents the major issues being addressed in Jornada research and reveals the complex, dynamic nature of Jornada prehistory. The Jornada branch of the Mogollon culture and its inhabitants played a significant economic, political, and social role at multiple scales. This volume draws together results from recent large-scale CRM work that has amassed among the largest data sets in the Southwest with up-to-date chronological, architectural, faunal, ceramic, obsidian sourcing, and other specialized studies. Chapters by some of the most active researchers in the area address topics that reach beyond the American Southwest, such as mobility, forager adaptations, the transition to farming, responses to environmental challenges, and patterns of social interaction. Late Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers and Farmers of the Jornada Mogollon is an up-to-date summary of the major developments in the region and their implications for Southwest archaeology in particular and anthropological archaeological research more generally. The publication of this book is supported in part by the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society and the Center for Material Culture Studies at the University of Delaware. Contributors: Rafael Cruz Antillón, Douglas H. M. Boggess, Peter C. Condon, Linda Scott Cummings, Moira Ernst, Tim Graves, David V. Hill, Nancy A. Kenmotsu, Shaun M. Lynch, Arthur C. MacWilliams, Mary Malainey, Timothy D. Maxwell, Myles R. Miller, John Montgomery, Jim A. Railey, Thomas R. Rocek, Matt Swanson, Christopher A. Turnbow, Javier Vasquez, Regge N. Wiseman, Chad L. Yost

Pruning the Jornada Branch Mogollon

Pruning the Jornada Branch Mogollon
Author: Regge Wiseman
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 167
Release: 2019-06-16
Genre:
ISBN: 9781098931476

In 1948 Donald J. Lehmer published his synthesis "The Jornada Branch of the Mogollon Culture", the first such attempt regarding the prehistoric archaeology of south central New Mexico, far west Texas, and the northern part of the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. It was based on a few excavations and limited surveys in the El Paso, Las Cruces, and Alamogordo areas. Yet, he then generalized these few data to the mega-region stretching from the town of Carrizozo, NM on the north to Villa Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico on the south and from Deming, NM on the west to Carlsbad, NM on the east, largely on the basis of certain pottery types found throughout. In 1965, key members of the Lea County Archaeological Society situated in Hobbs, NM proposed an Eastern Extension of the Jornada Mogollon to include southeastern New Mexico east of the Pecos River, again on the basis of the same pottery types and the supposition that a few excavated remnants of structures throughout this additionally vast region represent southwestern style pithouses and pueblos.Since 1965, considerably more survey and excavation has been accomplished in Lehmer's and LCASs regions and all areas in between. Most of that work has been in connection with cultural resource management activities required by federal and state laws. It is now possible to update our perceptions and talking points about this quarter of New Mexico and adjacent areas in Texas. The present volume updates our information base (through its original completion in 2016) based on the author's nearly 50 years of direct experience with and rumination about southeastern New Mexico archaeology. It is acknowledged that this is only a beginning and that the coming decades will produce more information by which to bring ever increasing focus on the prehistory (and history) of this culturally and physiographically diverse part of the world. REGGE N. WISEMAN was born and raised in southeastern New Mexico. As an undergraduate he studied anthropology at the University of New Mexico under the mentorship of Florence Hawley Ellis, and as a graduate student at Arizona State University under Alfred E. Dittert, Jr. Wiseman was recruited for work at the Laboratory of Anthropology, Museum of New Mexico in 1971 where he worked on CRM projects until his retirement in 2000. He is especially interested in the Jornada Mogollon, the Jemez Mountains region, the Galisteo Basin, and the Reserve Mogollon of west-central New Mexico. At present he continues to conduct analyses of artifact collections and preparing detailed descriptive reports of CRM projects dating back to the 1950s that had not been completed because of lack of funding.

Collected Papers from the 20th Biennial Mogollon Archaeology Conference

Collected Papers from the 20th Biennial Mogollon Archaeology Conference
Author: Lonnie C. Ludeman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2019-04-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9780989317436

This manuscript is composed of a collection of papers representing the 20th Biennial Mogollon Archaeology Conference. The papers are organized roughly corresponding to four general areas:(1) Mimbres Mogollon (2) Gila National Forest Diamond Creek Locality Archaeology (2) Recent Survey and Excavation in the Upper Gila River Valley, Arizona: Aggregation and Dispersal (4) Jornada Mogollon.

Mimbres Mogollon Archaeology

Mimbres Mogollon Archaeology
Author: Anne I. Woosley
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Total Pages: 494
Release: 1995
Genre: History
ISBN:

Published here for the first time, this important work provides evidence of long occupation at Wind Mountain - an occupation that spanned the Early and Late Pit House periods at a site that evolved ultimately into a Mimbres pueblo. Woosley and McIntyre provide physical and historical context and introduce a detailed chronology for the site. Included are analyses of architectural and ceramic materials, as well as an examination of mortuary treatments of human and animal remains. Specialized studies by contributors appear as technical appendices.