Vanishing River Volume 4: Chapter 15: Re-Thinking the Core-Periphery Model of the Pre-Classic Period Hohokam

Part of the Lower Verde Archaeological project

Author(s): Stephanie M. Whittlesey

Editor(s): Stephanie M. Whittlesey; Richard Ciolek-Torello; Jeffrey Altschul

Year: 1997

Summary

In Chapter 15, Whittlesey reviews the Hohokam core-periphery model in light of the new data generated by the LVAP. She begins with a description of the intellectual history and the key concepts of the Hohokam core-periphery model and the Hohokam regional system model. She then examines the utility of the core-periphery model for explaining current data on Hohokam prehistory. After reviewing the distribution of several quintessential Hohokam traits among sites in the “core” and in the “periphery”, Whittlesey concludes that the model no longer explains the known variability. She proposes that there is considerable diversity among and within these so-called peripheries. Whittlesey briefly examines individual social processes and their distribution across a Hohokam landscape towards constructing a more useful model for prehistoric social interaction in central and southern Arizona.

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Vanishing River Volume 4: Chapter 15: Re-Thinking the Core-Periphery Model of the Pre-Classic Period Hohokam. Stephanie M. Whittlesey, Stephanie M. Whittlesey, Richard Ciolek-Torello, Jeffrey Altschul. In Vanishing River: Landscapes and Lives of the Lower Verde Valley: The Lower Verde Archaeological Project: Overview, Synthesis, and Conclusions. Pp. 597-628. Tucson, AZ: Statistical Research, Inc. Press. 1997 ( tDAR id: 5927) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8BP01F4

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Keywords

Culture
Hohokam

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Human Remains

Site Name
Antelope Glyph site • AZ T:3:20 • AZ T:4:40 • AZ U:15:22 • AZ U:9:90 • Beardsley Canal site • Cow Wallow • CTC site • Deer Creek site • Dutch Canal • Eagle Ridge • Fastimes • Grapevine Vista • Hawk's Nest site • Hedge Apple • Hodges Ruin • Ironwood site • Jones Ruin • La Escuela Cuba • La Lomita • La Lomita Pequena • Los Hornos • Meddler Point site • Middendrum site • Midvale site • Red Tail site • River site • Scorpion Point Village • Tanque Verde Wash • Usklish • Valencia Site • Water World • West Branch Show More

Site Type
Agricultural Field or Field Feature • Agricultural or Herding • Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Ball Court • Burial Pit • Canal or Canal Feature • Cemetery • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Hamlet / Village • Hearth • Midden • Non-Domestic Structures • Pit • Pit House / Earth Lodge • Post Hole / Post Mold • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Rock Alignment • Settlements • Water Control Feature

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Collections Research • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis

Geographic Keywords
Agua Fria drainage • Central Arizona • lower Verde River • New River drainage • Phoenix Basin • Tonto Basin • Tucson Basin

Temporal Keywords
Hohokam pre-Classic period

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 700 to 1100

Spatial Coverage

min long: -111.845; min lat: 33.804 ; max long: -111.591; max lat: 34.082 ;

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