The Production and Distribution of Mimbres Pottery

Darrell G. Creel is an associate professor emeritus in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin and the former director of the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory. Widely published, his research has centered on the Mimbres area of southwest New Mexico, with extensive excavation at the Old Town ruin on the lower Mimbres River.

List of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgments Chapter One. Introduction Chapter Two. Data and Methods of Analysis Chapter Three. Ceramic Type Assessments Chapter Four. Intrasite Variability Chapter Five. Imagery, Design, and Individual Artists Chapter Six. Production and Distribution of Mimbres B/W Style III Chapter Seven. Summary and Overview Appendix One. Compositional Group Descriptions Appendix Two. Illustrated Pottery Vessels References Cited Index

Darrell Creel has assembled one of the largest INAA data sets in North American archaeology, for one of the most famous of ancient Native American potteries: Mimbres. The insights from his remarkable study will become fundamental to our understanding of Mimbres history, society, and art."--Stephen H. Lekson, author of A History of the Ancient Southwest "This book will be of great interest to researchers focused on Mimbres pottery as well as archaeologists interested in ceramic production, village specialization, and exchange broadly."--Matthew A. Peeples, author of Connected Communities: Networks, Identity, and Social Change in the Ancient Cibola World