ASI s excavation of the Parsons site has added significantly to the present understanding of both the site and its importance in the Humber Valley archaeological sequence. In particular, new information has been learned about the construction of the village area. This suggests a long occupation period. The artifact density across the site also tells an interesting story. Most of the human bone and exotic ceramics were found on the eastern portion of the site, suggesting a sub-group within the village with different trade partners outside the community.
Parsons is also a meaningful component in the study of Humber Valley archaeology.
When compared to other sites, Parsons is almost twice the size of earlier villages in the Humber sequence, and may represent the amalgamation of people from earlier, smaller villages. The location of the majority of exotic ceramics in the eastern area of the Parsons village and the recovery of two upright human crania at the bottom of the associated midden may also point to a group of people who joined the new village as a distinct cultural or familial group. The defensive palisade may be evidence of the growing hostilities of the period, separating the people of Parsons from the greater community. Though of pivotal importance in formulating the culture-history of the Humber Valley, Parsons is sad evidence of the types of problems to which an archaeological site may fall prey. Attempts were made as early as 1962 to turn Parsons into a reconstructed village with an associated educational component.