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Jeffrey R. Jeffrey R. Parsons, Parsons, Remembering Remembering Archaeological Archaeological Fieldwork Fieldwork in in Mexico Mexico and and Peru, Peru, 1961-2003: 1961-2003: A A Photographic Essay Photographic Essay 2019. U 2019. U OF OF M M MUSEUM MUSEUM ANTHRO ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY ARCHAEOLOGY Downloaded on Downloaded on behalf behalf of of University University of of Michigan, Michigan, Ann Ann Arbor Arbor

Remembering Archaeological Fieldwork in Mexico and Peru, 1961–2003

Jeffrey R. Jeffrey R. Parsons, Parsons, Remembering Remembering Archaeological Archaeological Fieldwork Fieldwork in in Mexico Mexico and and Peru, Peru, 1961-2003: 1961-2003: A A Photographic Essay Photographic Essay 2019. U 2019. U OF OF M M MUSEUM MUSEUM ANTHRO ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY ARCHAEOLOGY Downloaded on Downloaded on behalf behalf of of University University of of Michigan, Michigan, Ann Ann Arbor Arbor

Jeffrey R. Jeffrey R. Parsons, Parsons, Remembering Remembering Archaeological Archaeological Fieldwork Fieldwork in in Mexico Mexico and and Peru, Peru, 1961-2003: 1961-2003: A A Photographic Essay Photographic Essay 2019. U 2019. U OF OF M M MUSEUM MUSEUM ANTHRO ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY ARCHAEOLOGY Downloaded on Downloaded on behalf behalf of of University University of of Michigan, Michigan, Ann Ann Arbor Arbor

Special Publication of the Museum of Anthropology University of Michigan No. 3

Remembering Archaeological Fieldwork in Mexico and Peru, 1961–2003 A Photographic Essay

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Jeffrey R. Jeffrey R. Parsons, Parsons, Remembering Remembering Archaeological Archaeological Fieldwork Fieldwork in in Mexico Mexico and and Peru, Peru, 1961-2003: 1961-2003: A A Photographic Essay Photographic Essay 2019. U 2019. U OF OF M M MUSEUM MUSEUM ANTHRO ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY ARCHAEOLOGY Downloaded on Downloaded on behalf behalf of of University University of of Michigan, Michigan, Ann Ann Arbor Arbor

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Jeffrey R. Jeffrey R. Parsons, Parsons, Remembering Remembering Archaeological Archaeological Fieldwork Fieldwork in in Mexico Mexico and and Peru, Peru, 1961-2003: 1961-2003: A A Photographic Essay Photographic Essay 2019. U 2019. U OF OF M M MUSEUM MUSEUM ANTHRO ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY ARCHAEOLOGY Downloaded on Downloaded on behalf behalf of of University University of of Michigan, Michigan, Ann Ann Arbor Arbor

For Mary who was with me most of the way

Jeffrey R. Jeffrey R. Parsons, Parsons, Remembering Remembering Archaeological Archaeological Fieldwork Fieldwork in in Mexico Mexico and and Peru, Peru, 1961-2003: 1961-2003: A A Photographic Essay Photographic Essay 2019. U 2019. U OF OF M M MUSEUM MUSEUM ANTHRO ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY ARCHAEOLOGY Downloaded on Downloaded on behalf behalf of of University University of of Michigan, Michigan, Ann Ann Arbor Arbor

Table of Contents Foreword

viii

Acknowledgments

xi

Chapter 1: From Pennsylvania to Peru

1

Chapter 2: The Teotihuacán Valley, 1961–1964

12

Chapter 3: The Teotihuacán Valley, 1966

36

Chapter 4: Travels in Peru and Bolivia, 1966

56

Chapter 5: The Texcoco Region Survey, 1967

74

Chapter 6: The Ixtapalapa Region Survey, 1969

94

Chapter 7: The Chalco Region Survey, 1969

106

Chapter 8: The Sunken Field Study, Year 1, 1969

120

Chapter 9: The Sunken Field Study, Year 2, 1970

136

Chapter 10: The Chalco-Xochimilco Region Survey, 1972

160

by Richard I. Ford

vi

Jeffrey R. Jeffrey R. Parsons, Parsons, Remembering Remembering Archaeological Archaeological Fieldwork Fieldwork in in Mexico Mexico and and Peru, Peru, 1961-2003: 1961-2003: A A Photographic Essay Photographic Essay 2019. U 2019. U OF OF M M MUSEUM MUSEUM ANTHRO ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY ARCHAEOLOGY Downloaded on Downloaded on behalf behalf of of University University of of Michigan, Michigan, Ann Ann Arbor Arbor

Chapter 11: The Zumpango Region Survey, 1973

180

Chapter 12: Travels in Mexico, 1961–1973

196

Chapter 13: The Junín Survey, Year 1, 1975

214

Chapter 14: The Junín Survey, Year 2, 1976

238

Chapter 15: The Chinampa Excavations, 1981

260

Chapter 16: The Maguey Study, 1984 and 1986

278

Chapter 17: The Saltmaking Study, Nexquipayac, 1988

296

Chapter 18: The Pescador Study, Chimalhuacán, 1992

308

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