EMAP Pague Well - LA130191 Unit 22, 2002

Site LA 130191 was excavated in the summer of2001 by the ASU Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project Field School. The goal of this project was to collect data from Mimbres Classic Period habitation rooms to illuminate the occupational an abandonment history of such sites in the Eastern Mimbres area. LA130191 is a multiple roomblock site, with at least six roomblocks. It is located on a low first terrace above the floodplain of the Seco drainage, a locally perennial stream which drains a portion of the Black Range of southwest New Mexico into the Rio Grande to the east. Room block B, located near the center of the site, consists of at least six rooms, including Units 20, 21, and 22. Units 21 and 22 were selected for full excavation in 2001, based on test excavations conducted in Unit 20 in the summer of2000. Unit 22 is a room located on the northwest comer of Roomblock B.
This report summarizes the procedures and results of the partial excavation of Unit 22, and will address excavation strategy and depositional history.