EMAP Lee – LA70258 Unit 1, 1991

85NM612 is a small roomblock on the first terrace on the north side of Palomas Creek (Figure 1). The site was chosen for excavation because of its potential to yield information on questions related to the abandonment of the Mimbres Valley. Nelson (1991) has suggested that the abandonment of the Mimbres drainage in AD1150 was not characterized by a large scale migration but involved the reorganization of large residential pueblos into smaller organizational units which moved into marginal areas adjacent to the Mimbres region . The east side of the Black Range is an area which offers tentative evidence of post-Classic Mimbres occupation.

85NM612是一处坐落于帕洛马斯溪（Palomas Creek）北侧第一阶地上的小型房址群（roomblock）。该遗址被选为发掘场址，缘于其有望为明布雷斯河谷（Mimbres Valley）废弃相关的学术问题提供关键研究信息。纳尔逊（Nelson, 1991）提出，公元1150年明布雷斯流域的废弃过程并非以大规模迁徙为核心特征，而是表现为大型普韦布洛（Pueblo）聚居聚落重组为更小的社会组织单元，并迁移至明布雷斯地区邻近的边缘地带。布莱克岭（Black Range）东侧区域，已为后古典时期明布雷斯人的居住遗存提供了初步实证。