Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-18-2022
Publication Title
American Antiquity
Volume
87
Issue
4
First page number:
743
Last page number:
757
Abstract
Great kivas served as important ritual spaces and played significant roles in community integration throughout the Pithouse period (AD 550–1000) occupation of the Mimbres Mogollon region of southwestern New Mexico. This article uses data from excavations at the Harris site, a large pithouse village located in the Mimbres Valley, to explore the role of great kivas and an associated plaza in community integration as the village grew, extended family households formed, and social distinctions developed. Data from excavations of sequentially used great kivas surrounding the plaza along with household data from domestic structures are used to examine the role of ritual space during the Pithouse period.
Keywords
US Southwest; Mimbres; great kivas; community
Disciplines
Anthropology
File Format
File Size
521 KB
Language
English
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Repository Citation
Roth, B. J.,
Romero, D.
(2022).
Great Kivas and Community Integration at the Harris Site, Southwestern New Mexico.
American Antiquity, 87(4),
743-757.
http://dx.doi.org/doi.org/10.1017/aaq.2022.71
