Jeffrey R. Parsons and Mesoamerican Ethnoarchaeology

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...

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Published in:Ethnoarchaeology 2021-07, Vol.13 (1-2), p.123-129
Main Author: Williams, Eduardo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
aquatic lifeway
ethnoarchaeology
ethnohistory
maguey
Mesoamerica
Resolved
saltmaking
subsistence
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1944-2890
1944-2904
DOI:10.1080/19442890.2021.1965075