EMAP Recording Guidelines – General

The Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project (EMAP), co-directed by Drs. Margaret Nelson and Michelle Hegmon began in 1990, building upon earlier work by Nelson. EMAP focuses on the later (post-AD 1000) prehistory of the eastern Mimbres area, a portion of the Mimbres region in southwest New Mexico. In 1982 Nelson was at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque and in the early 1990s at the State University of New York, Buffalo, and Hegmon was at New Mexico State University, Las Cruces. In 1995 both moved to Arizona State University, where they and the project reside today. Earlier work by EMAP focused on the post-AD 1150 period, specifically what is now called the Reorganization phase [1150-early 1200s] of the Postclassic period. After 1998 the project focused on the Classic period (AD 1000-1130). Key research issues include the social and ecological dynamics of reorganization, residential mobility among farmers, environmental impact and sustainable farming practices, pottery production and exchange, and community organization.
 UNM82: Check List for Recording Features
 UNM 83: Field Collecting and Labeling
 EMAP93: Field Collecting and Labeling
 EMAP93: Check List for Recording Features
 EMAP 1995: Guidelines for excavating and documenting floor features
 EMAP02: Field Collecting and Labeling
 EMAP2002: Guidelines for recording excavated information
 EMAP02: Guidelines for excavating and documenting floor features
 EMAP 2002: Guidelines for excavating and documenting floors
 Isolated Artifact Form
 SUNYAB 89: Excavation Form
 EMAP93: Excavation Form
 1988 SUNY Buffalo: Excavations, Black Range, New Mexico
 1989: Surface Point Provenience Form
 EMAP 93: Point Provenience Form
 EMAP02: Point Provenience Form
 1990: Artifact Count Form
 EMAP02: Architecture Form
 1990: Artifact Count Form