EMAP Pague Well - LA130191 Unit 40, 2001

The Eastern Mimbres Archaeological Project field school fully excavated three units at Pague Well, Site LA 130191, during the summer of2001. The goal of the project is to collect data from Classic Mimbres period habitations and further improve the understanding of the occupational, abandonment, and re-organizational history of sites in Eastern Mimbres area LA 130191 is located on a low first terrace above the floodplain of the Seco drainage, a locally perennial stream that drains a portion of the Black Range into the Rio Grande to the east. Based on surface architecture, it appears that there are six roomblocks on the terrace. Unit 40 is an average-size Classic Mimbres Period habitation room, located in Roomblock D. It is the first room excavated in Roomblock D and one of the first rooms to be fully excavated at LA 130191. This report summarizes the information gathered during the excavation of Unit 40 at LA 130191. The report will address the following topics: excavation strategy, room construction, and abandonment and post-occupational deposition history. In addition, the report includes tables covering analytic unit determinations, floor artifact assemblage, floor features, photographs by provenience, and laboratory samples.