Contents
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: Households on the Mimbres Horizon
The Pithouse Period in the Mimbres Region
Research Goals
Monograph Organization
2. Excavations at La Gila Encantada
Excavation Methods
Excavation Results—Pithouses
Excavation Results—Extramural Features
Summary
Decorated Ceramics
Plainware, Corrugated, and Redware Ceramics
Whole or Reconstructible Vessels
Worked Sherds and Modeled Clay Artifacts
Summary of Ceramic Data
Chipped Stone Tools
Debitage
Summary of Core and Debitage Assemblages
Obsidian Sourcing
Ground Stone
Summary of Chipped and Ground Stone
Shell
Minerals
Stone and Bone Jewelry
Flotation Data
Faunal Analysis
Summary of Plant and Animal Remains
Mobility Strategies
Subsistence Practices
Household Organization
Summary
Appendix: Project Participants
References Cited
Index
Resumen