Abstract
ABSTRACTData from NAN Ruin, Grant County, and Old Town, Luna County, New Mexico, suggest that spatial factors influenced variability in faunal subsistence in the Mimbres Valley from A.D. 1150. It had been accepted that environmental effects from the increase of agriculture in the valley caused the jackrabbit population to increase and the cottontail and artiodactyl populations to decrease. However, this reconstruction is not supported when previously published studies are re-examined with new data from NAN Ruin and Old Town. Throughout the Mimbres region, prehistoric inhabitants appear to have relied primarily on rabbits, while also consuming rodents and artiodactyls. Spatial differences were found throughout the valley, with jackrabbits more common in the middle and lower valley and cottontails more common in the upper valley. These spatial differences reflect variations in local environments. This study indicates that variability in Mimbres faunal subsistence is related to these local environmental vari...
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