Mimbres Life and Society : The Mattocks Site of Southwestern New Mexico.

Intro
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Mattocks Site, the Mimbres Region, and Early Pueblos in the North American Southwest
Early Pueblos in the Mimbres Region
History of Research and Pothunting at the Mattocks Site
The Mimbres Foundation Research Program
The Special Role of the Mattocks Site in Preservation and Public Education
The Structure of This Volume
Conclusions
Chapter 1. Mattocks Site Chronology
Mimbres Regional Chronology
Mattocks Site Tree-Ring Dates
Mattocks Site Archaeomagnetic Dates
Mattocks Site Obsidian Dates
Mattocks Site Ceramic Dates
Temporally Diagnostic Hearth Shapes
Best Dates for Mattocks Site Rooms and Excavation Units
Chapter 2. Pit Structures at the Mattocks Site: Few and Mostly Classic
Pit Structures in General
Pit Structures Excavated by Nesbitt
Pit Structures Excavated by the Mimbres Foundation
Mimbres Foundation Pit Structure Descriptions
The Pit Structure Periods at the Mattocks Site
Classic Period Pit Structures
Chapter 3. Pueblo Architecture at the Mattocks Site
Pueblo Architecture in General
Surface Rooms Excavated by Nesbitt
Correspondence Between Nesbitt's and the Mimbres Foundation Excavations
Surface Rooms Excavated by the Mimbres Foundation
Chapter 4. Social Contexts of the Mattocks Site Room Blocks: A Summary and Discussion of the Architectural and Dating Patterns
The Pit Structure to Pueblo Transition at the Mattocks Site
Pueblo Room Blocks at the Mattocks Site
Households and the Mattocks Site Room Blocks
Chapter 5. Hunting, Gathering, Harvesting, and Preparing Food at the Mattocks Site. With a Contribution by Michael D. Cannon
The Environmental Setting
Faunal Remains from the Mattocks Site.

Evidence for Human Impacts on Large Mammal Populations at the Mattocks and Other Mimbres Sites, by Michael D. Cannon
Further Aspects of the Mattocks Site Faunal Remains
Paleoethnobotanical Remains
Pollen Studies
Chipped Stone
Ground Stone
Conclusions
Chapter 6. Mattocks Site Ceramics
Typology
Sherds
Whole and Partial Vessels
Compositional Analyses
Non-Mimbres Pottery
Worked Sherds
Conclusions
Chapter 7. Mattocks Site Burials
Previous Studies of Mimbres Burial Populations
The Mattocks Site Burial Data
Mattocks Site and Mimbres Valley Classic Period Burials
Conclusions
Chapter 8. Mattocks Site Unusual Artifacts
Palettes
Bone Tools
Pipes
Shell Artifacts
Turquoise, Stone, and Ceramic Jewelry
Copper Bells
Other Artifacts
Raw Materials
Conclusions
Chapter 9. The Mattocks Site
Dating the Mattocks Site and the Classic Period
Nature of the Pit Structure Occupation
The Transition from Pit Structures to Pueblos
Nature of the Classic Period Occupation
Importance of the Mattocks Site
Appendices
1. Mattocks Site Tree-Ring Species and Dates
2. Mattocks Site Sherd Counts and Proportions
3. Mattocks Site Test Unit and Backhoe Trench Descriptions
4. Mattocks Site Obsidian Artifact Data
5. Mattocks Site Projectile Point Data
6. Stone Hoes from Nesbitt's and Mimbres Foundation Excavations
7. Mattocks Site Mano Data
8. Mattocks Site Metate Data
9. Mattocks Site Miscellaneous Ground Stone Data
10. Mattocks Site Axe and Maul Data
11. Whole and Partial Painted Vessels from Nesbitt's Excavations at the Mattocks Site
12. Whole and Reconstructible Unpainted Vessels from Nesbitt's Excavations at the Mattocks Site
13. Whole and Partial Painted Vessels from the Mimbres Foundation Excavations at the Mattocks Site.

14. Whole and Reconstructible Unpainted Vessels from the Mimbres Foundation Excavations at the Mattocks Site
15. Photographs of Mattocks Site Whole and Partial Vessels
16. Mattocks Site Worked Sherds
17. Burial Pit and Skeletal Data from Nesbitt's 1930 Excavation
18. Burial Artifacts from Nesbitt's 1930 Excavation
19. Burial Artifacts from Nesbitt's 1931 Excavation
20. Mimbres Foundation Burial Pit and Skeletal Data
21. Mimbres Foundation Burial Artifacts
22. Mimbres Foundation Non-burial Human Bone
23. Mattocks Site Palettes
24. Mattocks Site Bone Tools
25. Mattocks Site Pipes
26. Mattocks Site Shell Artifacts
27. Mattocks Site Turquoise, Stone, and Ceramic Jewelry
28. Mattocks Site Other Artifacts
29. Mattocks Site Raw Materials
References Cited
Index.