essay
On the outside looking in: The concept of the periphery in Hohokam archaeology
exploring the hohokam : prehistoric desert peoples of the american southwest • (1) • Published In 1991 • Pages: 347-382
By: McGuire, Randall H..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Most contemporary archaeologists work with an explicit concept of a Hohokam core surrounded by areas that are in some sense peripheral to that core. For the Hohokam the Phoenix Basin is generally regarded as the core and the rest of the Hohokam range as the periphery. In this paper McGuire discusses the development of the concept of periphery and how it has affected three regions in the Southwest and Mexico - the Papagueria, the Middle Verde Valley, and the Trincheras culture of northern Sonora. Each of the regions is described briefly, the historical development of the concept of core and periphery discussed, and the usefulness of the concept critically evaluated. This evaluation is then used to reappraise temporal and spatial relationships in the Hohokam system from the outside looking in (pp. 3-4).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Reviews and critiques
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Settlement patterns
- Ceramic technology
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Hohokam
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 2009
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2000-500 BP (AD 1-1500)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Randall H. McGuire
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-382)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 90022509
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hohokam culture