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

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.在第15章中，惠特利（Whittlesey）依托LVAP所获取的全新考古数据，对霍霍坎（Hohokam）核心-边缘模型展开评述。她首先梳理了霍霍坎核心-边缘模型与霍霍坎区域系统模型的学术发展历程及其核心概念。随后，她考察了该核心-边缘模型在解释当前霍霍坎史前史相关考古数据时的解释效力。在梳理了若干典型霍霍坎文化特征在“核心区”与“边缘区”遗址中的分布格局后，惠特利得出结论：该模型已无法解释已知的考古遗存变异。她提出，这些所谓的“边缘区”不仅彼此间存在显著差异，各区域内部亦蕴含丰富的多样性。惠特利还简要剖析了霍霍坎史前景观范围内的各类社会进程及其空间分布特征，以期为亚利桑那州中南部地区的史前社会互动研究构建更具解释力的分析框架。