In the U.S. Southwest, large pithouse sites are often referred to as “villages,” implying a continuous settlement of contemporary households. But determining pithouse contemporaneity at these sites is challenging, even when relying on radiocarbon dates. Using a Bayesian chronological framework, I examine the overall chronology and occupational histories of individual pithouses at Mogollon Village (LA 11568), a large pithouse site in western New Mexico. The results presented here suggest Mogollon Village occupation began at least by cal AD 5–130 and ended around cal AD 895–990. The modeled dates suggest only a few pithouses were inhabited at any given time throughout the site's occupation. Given these findings, Mogollon Village is best understood as a persistent place—a place of repeated, transient occupation—rather than a village. This study demonstrates that Bayesian modeling can be used to reassess an existing chronological framework, shed light on the contemporaneity of structures at a site, and change our understanding of a site's nature.

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重新思考 Mogollon 村 (LA 11568) 的“村庄”：永久地点的正式年代建模

在美国西南部，大型坑洞场地通常被称为“村庄”，这意味着当代家庭的持续聚居。但是，即使依赖放射性碳日期，确定这些地点的坑洞同时期也是具有挑战性的。使用贝叶斯年代顺序框架，我检查了 Mogollon Village (LA 11568)（新墨西哥州西部的一个大型坑房遗址）的各个坑房的总体年表和职业历史。此处显示的结果表明，莫戈隆村的占领至少在公元 5-130 年开始，并在公元 895-990 年左右结束。模拟的日期表明，在整个站点占领期间的任何给定时间，只有少数坑房有人居住。鉴于这些发现，莫戈隆村最好被理解为一个持久的地方——一个反复、短暂的占领的地方——而不是一个村庄。