Re-evaluating the Mimbres Region Prehispanic Chronometric Record. Issue 3 (3rd July 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Anyon, Roger; Creel, Darrell; Gilman, Patricia A.; LeBlanc, Steven A.; Miller, Myles R.; Nash, Stephen E.; Nelson, Margaret C.; Putsavage, Kathryn J.; Roth, Barbara J.; Schollmeyer, Karen Gust; Sedig, Jakob W.; Turnbow, Christopher A.
• Is Part Of: Kiva. Volume 83:Issue 3(2017)
• Page Start: 316
• Page End: 343
• Publication Date: 2017-07-03
• Subjects: Mimbres Archaeology -- Chronometric Analysis -- Tree ring Dating -- Radiocarbon Dating -- Archaeomagnetic Dating -- Bayesian Analysis; Southwest, New -- Antiquities -- Periodicals; Anthropology -- Southwest, New -- Periodicals; Southwest, New -- History -- Periodicals; Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Periodicals; Archaeology -- Periodicals; 913.791
• DOI: 10.1080/00231940.2017.1341807
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2051-6177

Abstract

Abstract : Many decades of archaeological research in the Mimbres region have resulted in hundreds of chronometric dates obtained from contexts dating prior to A.D. 1450, but until now these data have not been compiled into a single database. Using dendrochronological, radiocarbon, and archaeomagnetic dates, we analyze each of the chronometric data sets to identify patterns and biases that help us better understand the tempo and duration of fundamental transitions in the Mimbres archaeological record. We also identify critical gaps in our knowledge of the chronometric record that provide new research opportunities.