Tourigny Eric D
School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU UK.
Hist Archaeol. 2020;54(2):354-374. doi: 10.1007/s41636-020-00237-5. Epub 2020 Apr 28.
A critical examination of the relationships between food and identity is explored among early British and American Loyalist settlers in Upper Canada (southern Ontario) from the late 18th to the late 19th centuries. This research synthesizes zooarchaeological data from the region and interprets these alongside historical texts to address how meat was incorporated into early immigrant diets. Previous scholarship generally agreed that pork played a dominant role in Upper Canadian cuisine and that residents first settling in the area were particularly reliant on wild meat resources. Archaeological evidence suggests this was not the case. Results and discussions highlight the influence of British working-class traditions on Upper Canadian identities and the development of regional cuisines in southern Ontario. Parallels are drawn to anthropological and sociological studies of migrant foodways, encouraging archaeologists to consider the importance of maintaining food traditions when examining early immigrant assemblages.
对18世纪末至19世纪末上加拿大（安大略省南部）早期英裔和美利坚效忠派定居者之间食物与身份认同关系的批判性审视得以展开。这项研究综合了该地区的动物考古数据，并将其与历史文本一同解读，以探讨肉类是如何融入早期移民饮食的。先前的学术研究普遍认为猪肉在上加拿大菜肴中占据主导地位，且最早在该地区定居的居民特别依赖野生动物资源。考古证据表明情况并非如此。研究结果与讨论突出了英国工人阶级传统对上加拿大身份认同以及安大略省南部地方菜肴发展的影响。文中还与移民饮食方式的人类学和社会学研究进行了对比，鼓励考古学家在研究早期移民遗物组合时考虑保持食物传统的重要性。
