EMAP Pague Well - LA130191 Unit 41, 2002

Site LA 130191, Pague Well Village, is located in the Eastern Mimbres area of southwest New Mexico. The site sits upon a low first terrace above the floodplain of the Seco drainage, which drains a portion of the Black Range into the Rio Grande. Excavations were conducted at Pague Well Village, a Classic Period (A. D. 1000-1130) Mimbres habitation site, by the Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project during the summer of 2002 with the goal of further understanding the occupational, abandonment, and reorganizational history of Mimbres Classic Period sites. In order to achieve these objectives, the relationship both within and between roomblocks at Pague Well Village will be considered. Furthermore, room architecture and organization will be analyzed to improve understanding of social organization as well as the occupational and abandonment strategies of the Classic Mimbres.