#251, Utility Unknown from Treasure Hill

This vessel is an example of Utility from the Treasure Hill site, a large Mimbres village on Arenas Creek near Silver City. It has a pithouse period occupation that is uninvestigated and a Classic period pueblo that was extensively excavated in the 1920s by H.S. and C. B. Cosgrove (collection at Museum of Northern Arizona). Minor excavations were conducted by LaVerne Herrington in the 1970s; the collection is in her possession. A summary of the excavations is provided in: Herrington, LaVerne and Darrell Creel (1991) Treasure Hill: An Agricultural Center and Type Site Revisited. In Mogollon V, pp. 50-61. COAS Publishing and Research, Las Cruces, NM.本器物为宝山遗址（Treasure Hill Site）出土的实用器（Utility）一例，该遗址是一处坐落于银城附近阿里纳斯溪沿岸的大型明布雷斯（Mimbres）村落遗址。遗址内留存有未被考古调查过的棚屋时期居住遗存，以及一处古典时期普韦布洛（Pueblo）村落；该普韦布洛村落于1920年代由H.S.科斯格罗夫与C.B.科斯格罗夫开展了大规模发掘，出土藏品现馆藏于北亚利桑那博物馆。1970年代，拉弗恩·赫林顿在此开展了小规模发掘，其出土藏品由其本人保管。该遗址的发掘概况可参见：拉弗恩·赫林顿、达雷尔·克里尔（1991）《再探宝山：作为农业中心与典型遗址的宝山》，载《莫戈隆》（Mogollon）第5卷，第50-61页，COAS出版与研究机构，新墨西哥州拉斯克鲁塞斯。