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>Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 15:23:43 -0700
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>From: Brian Kenny <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Mimbres Lives and Landscapes Exhibit at ASU
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>From:  Victoria D. Vargas <[log in to unmask]>
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>The Museum of Anthropology at Arizona State University announces the
>opening of "Mimbres Lives and Landscapes", an exhibition about the
>archaeology of social and environmental issues in the prehistoric Mimbres
>Region. The exhibit is open to the public Mon-Fri 10 am- 4 pm, except on
>university holidays...there is no charge.
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>The exhibit presents results from the continuing Eastern Mimbres
>Archaeological Project (EMAP), co-directed by Dr. Margaret Nelson and Dr.
>Michelle Hegmon, which is investigating the Classic and Postclassic Mimbres
>occupation of southwest New Mexico (A.D. 1000-1450). The Classic Mimbres
>Period (A.D. 1000-1150) was characterized by the occupation of large
>agricultural villages, many of which were apparently abandoned by A.D.
>1150. EMAP has shown that many of the people who left these villages did
>not leave the Mimbres region as has been surmised for many years by
>archaeologists. Instead, they moved to their field camps along smaller
>drainages, where they established small residential hamlets (the
>Postclassic Period, A.D. 1150-1250). Then, at around A.D. 1250, they again
>reaggregated into large villages (the Black Mountain Phase, ca. A.D. 1250).
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>EMAP research focuses on the social and economic processes involved in the
>settlement changes and their environmental implications. For example, it
>has been learned that the people who moved to the small hamlets continued
>to rely primarily on food production but,
>unlike their ancestors in the large villages, they did not degrade their
>environment and they maintained far-reaching regional ties.
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>The exhibit and associated educational programs
>       1. demonstrate that artifacts are information
>       2. illustrate archaeological problem solving and critical thinking
>       3. show how information about the past helps us to understand
>          current social and environmental issues
>       4. promote environmental and cultural preservation
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>For information regarding the exhibit please write Victoria Vargas,
>Education Coordinator at [log in to unmask]   (note the numeral "one" in
>the address).
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>Credits: Exhibition and Educational Programs sponsored by the Turner
>Foundation. Curated by Dr. Margaret Nelson, Dr. Michelle Hegmon, and
>Margaret Lindauer, Dept. of Anthropology, Arizona State University.
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>Victoria D. Vargas, Education Coordinator
>Museum of Anthropology, Dept. of Anthropology
>Arizona State University, Tempe AZ 85287
>E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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Anita Cohen-Williams
Information Specialist
Auto Club of Southern California
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