Messer E
International Food Nutrition Planning Program, Cambridge, MA 02139.
Soc Sci Med. 1987;25(4):339-46. doi: 10.1016/0277-9536(87)90272-3.
While the influence of Hispanic humoral medicine on 16th century and subsequent Mesoamerican indigenous thought is undeniable, recent reexaminations of Aztec, Mayan and Zapotec medicinal and cosmological systems suggest indigenous roots in hot-cold concepts. This paper reviews and compares the growing evidence for independent hot-cold classifications in Mesoamerica, and suggests certain common lines of syncretism in structure, content and applications. Drawing on a model from cognitive psychology previously applied by the author to hot-cold data of the Mitla Zapotec, the paper explores its utility for cross-cultural comparison of hot-cold category development.
尽管西班牙体液医学对16世纪及之后的中美洲本土思想的影响不可否认，但最近对阿兹特克、玛雅和萨波特克的医学及宇宙观体系的重新审视表明，冷热概念有着本土根源。本文回顾并比较了中美洲存在独立冷热分类的越来越多的证据，并指出了在结构、内容和应用方面某些融合的共同线索。借鉴作者之前应用于米特拉萨波特克冷热数据的认知心理学模型，本文探讨了其在冷热类别发展的跨文化比较中的效用。
