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the terraced communal house type originated. This type of house 

 arose in northern New Mexico and spreading from this center 

 extended down the San Juan as far as the Hopi, while modifications 

 are also found in certain ruins on the Gila and Little Colorado, which, 

 like Zufii, it profoundly influenced, but its influence never reached as 

 far as the Lower Mimbres. 



A comparison of the limited archeological material from the Mim 

 bres with that from other localities in the Southwest suggests a pro 

 visional hypothesis that the prehistoric culture of this valley was not 

 modified by terraced architecture nor greatly affected by that of the 

 Lower Gila type, both of which evolved independently and locally, 

 but belonged to an older type with which it had much in common. 



