EMAP (2001) Report of the 2000 and 2001 Excavations at Pague Well Village

Site LA 130191, Pague Well Village (Figure 1), is located on the first terrace
above the North Seco drainage in the eastern Mimbres area. Pague Well Village consists
of at least six roomblocks, occupied during the Classic Mimbres period (A.D. 1 000-1130)
and containing anywhere from two to six rooms each. Three units were fully excavated
by the Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project (EMAP) I Arizona State University
(ASU) field school during the 2001 field season: Unit 40 (Bild et al. 2001), a habitation
room in Roomblock Don the north portion of the terrace, Unit 30 (Sullivan et al. 2001a),
a specialized activity area to the east ofRoomblock D, and Unit 21 (Sullivan et al.
2001 b), a habitation room in Roomblock B on the southern portion of the terrace. Unit
22, adjacent to Unit 21 in Roomblock B was partially excavated during the 2001 field
season, while a third room in the same roomblock, Unit 20, was partially excavated
during the 2000 field season in order to determine the depth and nature of cultural
deposits at the site. Another Classic period Mimbres site, LA 37767, Flying Fish
Village, was also excavated during the 2001 field season, and is located roughly 6.5 km
downstream ofPague Well Village also on the North Seco drainage.