The Swarts Ruin: A Typical Mimbres Site in Southwestern New Mexico, With a New Introduction by Steven A. LeBlanc
This classic volume on the evocative and enigmatic pottery of the Mimbres people has become an irreplaceable design catalogue for contemporary Native American artists. Burt and Harriet (Hattie) Cosgrove were self-trained archaeologists who began excavating Mimbres materials in 1919. When their meticulous research came to the attention of Alfred V. Kidder of the Peabody Museum, he invited them to direct the Mimbres Valley Expedition at the Swarts Ranch in southern New Mexico on behalf of the Peabody.

Working in the summers of 1924 to 1927, the Cosgroves recovered nearly 10,000 artifacts at the Swarts site, including an extraordinary assemblage of Mimbres ceramics. Like their original 1932 report, this paperbound facsimile edition includes over 700 of Hattie Cosgrove’s beautiful line drawings of individual Mimbres pots. It also presents a new introduction by archaeologist Steven A. LeBlanc, who reviews the eighty years of research on the Mimbres that have followed the Cosgroves’ groundbreaking study. The Peabody’s reissue of The Swarts Ruin once again makes available a rich resource for scholars, artists, and admirers of Native American art, and it places in historical context the Cosgroves’ many contributions to North American archaeology.

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The Swarts Ruin: A Typical Mimbres Site in Southwestern New Mexico, With a New Introduction by Steven A. LeBlanc
This classic volume on the evocative and enigmatic pottery of the Mimbres people has become an irreplaceable design catalogue for contemporary Native American artists. Burt and Harriet (Hattie) Cosgrove were self-trained archaeologists who began excavating Mimbres materials in 1919. When their meticulous research came to the attention of Alfred V. Kidder of the Peabody Museum, he invited them to direct the Mimbres Valley Expedition at the Swarts Ranch in southern New Mexico on behalf of the Peabody.

Working in the summers of 1924 to 1927, the Cosgroves recovered nearly 10,000 artifacts at the Swarts site, including an extraordinary assemblage of Mimbres ceramics. Like their original 1932 report, this paperbound facsimile edition includes over 700 of Hattie Cosgrove’s beautiful line drawings of individual Mimbres pots. It also presents a new introduction by archaeologist Steven A. LeBlanc, who reviews the eighty years of research on the Mimbres that have followed the Cosgroves’ groundbreaking study. The Peabody’s reissue of The Swarts Ruin once again makes available a rich resource for scholars, artists, and admirers of Native American art, and it places in historical context the Cosgroves’ many contributions to North American archaeology.

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The Swarts Ruin: A Typical Mimbres Site in Southwestern New Mexico, With a New Introduction by Steven A. LeBlanc

The Swarts Ruin: A Typical Mimbres Site in Southwestern New Mexico, With a New Introduction by Steven A. LeBlanc

The Swarts Ruin: A Typical Mimbres Site in Southwestern New Mexico, With a New Introduction by Steven A. LeBlanc

The Swarts Ruin: A Typical Mimbres Site in Southwestern New Mexico, With a New Introduction by Steven A. LeBlanc

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This classic volume on the evocative and enigmatic pottery of the Mimbres people has become an irreplaceable design catalogue for contemporary Native American artists. Burt and Harriet (Hattie) Cosgrove were self-trained archaeologists who began excavating Mimbres materials in 1919. When their meticulous research came to the attention of Alfred V. Kidder of the Peabody Museum, he invited them to direct the Mimbres Valley Expedition at the Swarts Ranch in southern New Mexico on behalf of the Peabody.

Working in the summers of 1924 to 1927, the Cosgroves recovered nearly 10,000 artifacts at the Swarts site, including an extraordinary assemblage of Mimbres ceramics. Like their original 1932 report, this paperbound facsimile edition includes over 700 of Hattie Cosgrove’s beautiful line drawings of individual Mimbres pots. It also presents a new introduction by archaeologist Steven A. LeBlanc, who reviews the eighty years of research on the Mimbres that have followed the Cosgroves’ groundbreaking study. The Peabody’s reissue of The Swarts Ruin once again makes available a rich resource for scholars, artists, and admirers of Native American art, and it places in historical context the Cosgroves’ many contributions to North American archaeology.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780873652148
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 01/16/2012
Series: Papers of the Peabody Museum , #15
Pages: 454
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Harriet S. “Hattie” Cosgrove was a self-trained archaeologist who, as a Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology employee, was an important early excavator in the American Southwest.

C. Burton “Burt” Cosgrove was a self-trained archaeologist who, as a Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology employee, was an important early excavator in the American Southwest.

Steven A. LeBlanc is an archaeologist and former Director of Collections at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University.

A. V. Kidder was a leading American archaeologist who led expeditions for Harvard's Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and the Carnegie Institution.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

Foreword

Introduction

TOPOGRAPHIC SETTING

The Mimbres River and its Tributaries

RESOURCES OF THE REGION

Timber

Fibrous Plants

Vegetal Food

Animal Food

Preparation of Food

THE SITE

General Description

The Ruin

Sequence of House Types

DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURES

Early Period

Transitional Period

Middle Period

Late Period

Masonry

Roofs

Posts

Plaster

Floors

Doorways

Windows

Cupboards

Shelves and Benches

Storage Bins

Fireplaces

Stone Platforms

Communal Rooms

Kivas

BURIAL CUSTOMS

Location

Intramural Burials

Outlying Burials

Burials in Room Fills

Disturbed Burials

Evidence of Violent Death

Form and Description of Graves

Cremation

Position of Bodies

Protection of Graves

Size of Graves

Ashes and Charcoal in Graves

Mortuary Offerings

Food

Stone

Potter's Tools

Pottery

Jewelry

Miscellaneous

METHODS OF EXCAVATION

Description

MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS RECOVERED

Stone

Stone Dishes

Stone Bowls and Cup

Small Mortars and Paint Cups

Large Mortars

Pestles

Palettes

Metates

Manos

Small Metate-like Grinding Stones

Rubbing Stones

Abrading Stones

Beaming Tool

Axes

Stone Mauls or Sledges

Hammer Stones

Club Heads

Pounding Stones and Crushing Implement

Stone Hoes

Smooth-edged Stone Saws

Stone Cores

Scrapers

Curved-edge Flake Knives

Thrusting and Cutting Knives of a Size to Require Hafting

Projectile Points

Drill Points

Stone Doors, Hatch Covers, and Small Slabs

Notched Stone Slabs

Stone Pipes

Tablets or Plaques

Painted Stone Object

Stone Bottle

Stone Caterpillar

Miscellaneous Stone Objects

Bone

Decorated Awls

Awls Made from Ulnae

Awls Made from Complete Metapodials

Awls Made from Split Metapodials

Awls Made from Split Bones Awls Made from Bone Splinters

Awls and Flattened Bone Tools

Awls and Notched Bones

Flaking Tools

Scraping and Rubbing Tools

Needles and Pins

Bone Dice

Bone Tools not Appearing at Swarts

Jewelry

Process of Bead Manufacture

Beads and Pendants

Ornaments Found with Burial 308

Shell Bracelets

Shell and Stone Carving

Finger Rings and Earrings

Jewelry from N A N Ranch Ruin

Medicine Man's Outfit

Textiles

Paints and their Preparation

POTTERY

Clay

Wash

Slip

Black Paint

Black-on-white Wares

Classic Black-on-white Inside Decorated Bowls

Classic Black-on-white Seed Bowls

Classic Black-on-white Decorated Ollas

Classic Effigy Jars

Bold-face Black-on-white

A Commentary on Mimbres Black-on-white Wares

Polychrome

Red or Brown Wares

Plain Red-wash Bowls

Incised Bowls

Incised Ollas

Plain Brown Bowls

Plain Brown Seed Bowls

Red and Brown Ware Pots with Hooks at Rim

Plain Brown Jugs

Plain Brown Ollas

Spiral Rub Bowls

Spiral Rub Seed Bowls

Corrugated Wares

Corrugated Bowls

Corrugated-neck Jugs

Corrugated-neck Ollas

All-over-corrugated Jugs

All-over-corrugated Ollas

Ceremonial Bowls

Ladles

Handles

Plain Vertical Handles

Twisted and Braided Vertical Handles

Horizontal Handles

Life Forms in Handles

Lugs on Pottery

Unpierced Lugs, Flanges, and Hooks

Attachment of Handles

Clay Pipes

Pottery Objects

Potter's Tools

Inception of Mimbres Pottery

Mimbres Designs

Flare-rimmed Bowl Designs

Seed Bowl Designs

Olla Designs

Trade Wares

El Paso Polychrome

Chupadero Black-on-white

Three Rivers Red-on-terracotta

SKELETAL MATERIAL

General Description

LENEGTH OF OCCUPANCY AND SIZE OF POPULATION OF THE SWARTS VILLAGE

RANGE OF MIMBRES CULTURE

CONCLUSIONS

THE SKELETAL MATERIAL

INTRODUCTION

Age

Sex

Method of Statistical Comparison

Statistical Constants

CRANIAL MEASUREMENTS

Deformation

Correction for Deformation

Diameters and Indices of the Vault

Corrected Diameters and Indices

Cranial Circumference and Arcs

Cranial Capacity

Mean Diameter of Foramen Magnum

Thickness of Left Parietal

Facial Diameters and Indices

Orbits

Nose

Palate

Prognathism

Mandible

STATURE

CRANIAL OBSERVATIONS

Frontal Region

Sagittal Region

Temporal Region

Occipital Region

Sutures

Parietal Foramina

Orbits

Malars

Nose

Alveolar Prognathism

Palate

Cranial Base

Mandible

Teeth

CONCLUSIONS

Comparative Tables

Summary of Cranial Characteristics

Variability

Comparison with Pecos Morphological Types

General Conclusions

BIBLIOGRAPHY

What People are Saying About This

Kelley Hays-Gilpin

The Swarts Ruin has aged more gracefully than perhaps any other site report. Re-reading the text, or just perusing the extraordinary illustrations, is like visiting an old friend who always has some new insights to share. LeBlanc's introduction puts the Cosgroves' contributions to Southwestern archaeology in historical context and points the way to new research.
Kelley Hays-Gilpin, University of Northern Arizona

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