#3418, Style III Effigy from Galaz

This Effigy is an example of Style III from the Galaz Ruin site. Galaz ruin (sometimes known as Galaz Ruin) is a Mimbres village in Grants County, southwestern New Mexico, occupied from A.D. 550 to 1350. Galaz was one of the largest villages occupied during Mimbres Classic times (A.D. 1000-1130), and it also contained numerous pithouses and a Postclassic settlement, as well as a large assemblage of ceramics, lithics, and faunal material. Originally excavated in the 1920s and 1930s by the Southwest Museum of Los Angeles and the University of Minnesota, it became a point of controversy regarding looting in the 1970s and was eventually bulldozed out of existence. Before Galaz was destroyed in the 1970s, the Mimbres Foundation conducted extensive excavations and produced a comprehensive report (Anyon and LeBlanc 1984, http://library.lib.asu.edu/record=b2037447~S3).

这件塑像遗存是加拉兹遗址（Galaz Ruin）III式风格的典型实例。加拉兹遗址（Galaz Ruin，有时亦被称为Galaz Ruin）是新墨西哥州西南部格兰特县的一处明布雷斯（Mimbres）聚落，其存续年代为公元550年至1350年。加拉兹遗址是明布雷斯文化古典期（公元1000年至1130年）规模最大的聚落之一，遗址内不仅留存有大量半地穴式房屋与一处后古典期聚落，还出土了数量众多的陶瓷器、石质遗物与动物遗存。该遗址最初由洛杉矶西南博物馆（Southwest Museum of Los Angeles）与明尼苏达大学（University of Minnesota）于1920年代及1930年代开展发掘工作，1970年代因盗掘问题引发广泛争议，最终被推平殆尽。在加拉兹遗址于1970年代被损毁前，明布雷斯基金会（Mimbres Foundation）已对其开展了大规模发掘，并形成了一份详尽的综合性调查报告（Anyon与LeBlanc，1984年，http://library.lib.asu.edu/record=b2037447~S3）。