ABSTRACT

Jeffrey Parsons was a pioneer who expanded the scope of settlement pattern analysis in archaeology. He conducted extensive surveys in Mexico, Peru, and Argentina. Here I discuss Parsons' contributions to ethnographic research with archaeological goals (ethnoarchaeology). His major contributions to the field dealt with Mesoamerican subsistence activities in three broad areas: maguey (Agave sp.) cultivation in the Mexican Highlands; salt-making in aquatic environments (primarily the Basin of Mexico), and the aquatic lifeway (fishing, hunting, gathering, and manufacture). Parsons will be remembered as a scholar who pushed the boundaries of archaeological research, and in so doing greatly expanded our knowledge of Mesoamerican foodways, technology, and cultural adaptations to the environment.

摘要

杰弗里·帕森斯 (Jeffrey Parsons) 是扩大考古学中聚落模式分析范围的先驱。他在墨西哥、秘鲁和阿根廷进行了广泛的调查。在这里，我将讨论帕森斯对具有考古目标的民族志研究（民族考古学）的贡献。他对该领域的主要贡献涉及三个广泛领域的中美洲生存活动：墨西哥高地的马盖（龙舌兰）种植；在水生环境（主要是墨西哥盆地）和水生生活方式（捕鱼、狩猎、采集和制造）中制盐。帕森斯将被铭记为推动考古研究边界的学者，并通过这样做极大地扩展了我们对中美洲饮食方式、技术和文化对环境的适应的知识。