Violence and Social Structure in the Mimbres Region of Southwest New Mexico
Interpretations from Bioarchaeological Data
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5982285 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kathryn M Baustian (0000-0003-2099-8499, Skidmore College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 84 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 440-460 |
| Publication date | 2018-10-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | KIVA (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0023-1940 • E-ISSN: 2051-6177 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00231940.2018.1533198 |
| OpenAlex | W2899910381 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 40 |
A comprehensive bioarchaeological assessment of health and interpersonal violence was completed using data from a sample of 247 adult burials from Late Pithouse (AD 550–1000) and Pueblo (AD 1000–1350) sites in the Mimbres region of the American Southwest. The results of skeletal analysis demonstrate evidence of social interactions that have not been well described in case studies that have highlighted individual burials and/or singular communities. This larger sample of adult burials reveals mostly nonlethal trauma among 11.3% of crania, suggesting that previous assertions of a peaceful existence may not be entirely accurate. While Mimbres communities do not appear to have experienced endemic raiding and warfare, conflict was still present throughout the majority of their chronology. Social mechanisms including corporate group community structures may have promoted cooperation and reduced lethal trauma among Mimbres adults
Archaeology · Bioarchaeology · Crania · Environmental health · Geography · Injury prevention · Interpersonal violence · Poison control · Sociology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Demography · Forensic and Genetic Research · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · History · Medicine
Violent Conflict in the Human Record
Insularity as Cultural Strategy
Bioarchaeological Approaches to Southwestern Violence
Revisiting the Bylas Phase
Environmental Precarity and Religious Transformation during the Mimbres Transitional Phase
Reevaluating Mobility and Sedentism in Classic Mimbres and Salado Villages, Southwest New Mexico
Situational Power in Cooperative Communities
Positions of Power
Great Kivas and Community Integration at the Harris Site, Southwestern New Mexico
Social adaptation to food stress
Battered and abused
Troubled Times
A model of central place forager prey choice and an application to faunal remains from the Mimbres Valley, New Mexico
Large Mammal Relative Abundance in Pithouse and Pueblo Period Archaeofaunas from Southwestern New Mexico
Recent Issues in the Archaeology of the Mimbres Region of the North American Southwest
Social Organization and Classic Mimbres Period Burials in the SW United States
Culture and Contact
Architecture and Symbolism in Transitional Pueblo Development in the Mimbres Valley, SW NewMexico
Changes in Architecture and Land Use Strategies in the American Southwest
Mimbres Great Kivas and Plazas During the Three Circle Phase, ca. AD 850–1000
Cannibalism, Warfare, and Drought in the Mesa Verde Region during the Twelfth Century A.D
The Intensity of Maize Processing and Production in Upland Mogollon Pithouse Villages A.D. 200–1000
Social Transformation and Its Human Costs in the Prehispanic U.S. Southwest
Resource Unpredictability, Mistrust, and War
The Architectural Evolution of Mogollon-Mimbres Communal Structures
Re-evaluating the Mimbres Region Prehispanic Chronometric Record
Ritual Construction, Use and Retirement of Mimbres Three Circle Phase Great Kivas
Ritual and Residence
The Archaeology of the Southwest
Changing Patterns of Violence in the Northern San Juan Region
Corrugated Pottery, Technological Style, and Population Movement in the Mimbres Region of the American Southwest
Kin Groups and Social Power at the Harris Site, Southwestern New Mexico
The Better Angels of their Nature
Ritual Change and the Distant
Corporate Group Formation and Differentiation in Early Puebloan Villages of the American Southwest
New Interpretations of Mimbres Public Architecture and Space
Social Differentiation and Leadership Development in Early Pithouse Villages in the Mogollon Region of the American Southwest
Abandonment Is Not as It Seems
Life Histories of Pots and Potters
The Bioarchaeology and Taphonomy of Violence at Castle Rock and Sand Canyon Pueblos, Southwestern Colorado
Prehistoric Warfare in the American Southwest
Abandonment and Reorganization the Mimbres Region of the American Southwest
Hard Times in Dry Lands
The corporate group as an archaeological unit
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,13 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |