Aufsatz(elektronisch)#1März 1998
Abandonment and Reorganization the Mimbres Region of the American Southwest
In: American anthropologist: AA, Band 100, Heft 1, S. 148-162
ISSN: 1548-1433
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.