Mimbres — Galaz Ruin Mimbres Classic Pueblo
Mimbreños Classic (1000–1150 CE) Mimbres Black-on-white pottery·Mogollon Mimbres (Mogollon)·🇺🇸 New Mexico, Grant County, Mimbres Valley, Galaz Ruin, near Silver City, United States
About
About Mimbres — Galaz Ruin Mimbres Classic Pueblo
Mimbres excavated by Cosgrove 1920s, 800 Mimbres bowls with fish, human scenes. Recorded context — Period: Mimbreños Classic (1000–1150 CE) Mimbres Black-on-white pottery; Culture: Mogollon Mimbres (Mogollon); Field status: excavated; Materials: adobe, Mimbres pottery; Condition: re-covered — private.
Why it mattersKey Mogollon Mimbres (Mogollon) ancient-village with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Trade network extent
Theories
- 01Elite residence
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 1000 CE pueblo; Classic 1100 CE pottery
- Period
- Mimbreños Classic (1000–1150 CE) Mimbres Black-on-white pottery
- Culture
- Mogollon Mimbres (Mogollon)
- Purpose
- Mimbres pueblo with 50 rooms and world-famous Black-on-white bowls with underfloor burials kill-holed
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1907
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 1000 CE pueblo; Classic 1100 CE pottery
Initial construction / first occupation at Mimbres — Galaz Ruin Mimbres Classic Pueblo
1950 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Mimbres — Galaz Ruin Mimbres Classic Pueblo
On the ground
Structures & features
32.7810° N · 108.1950° W · 1830 m · 3 mapped features
- Mimbres — Galaz Ruin Mimbres Classic Pueblo — Principal Structurestructurestructure at Mimbres — Galaz Ruin Mimbres Classic Pueblo — hydraulic feature32.7806° N · 108.1946° W
- Mimbres — Galaz Ruin Mimbres Classic Pueblo — Complex Annex 2complexcomplex at Mimbres — Galaz Ruin Mimbres Classic Pueblo — subsidiary complex32.7811° N · 108.1966° W
- Mimbres — Galaz Ruin Mimbres Classic Pueblo — Rock_Art Annex 3rock artrock art at Mimbres — Galaz Ruin Mimbres Classic Pueblo — primary structure32.7828° N · 108.1961° W