Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnobotany
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
The Ethnobotany of Chinchero, an Andean Community in Southern Peru
The Ethnobotany of Chinchero, an Andean Community in Southern Peru
The Ethnobotany of Chinchero, an Andean Community in Southern Peru
The Ethnobotany of Chincero, at Andean Community in Southern Peru
Ethnobotany Of ChincheroAn Andean Community In Southern Peru
Ethnobotany
Author: José L. Martinez
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000839583
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
In this book we present recent studies that have been carried out on some widely used medicinal plants. The need for new and alternative treatments stem from the lack of efficiency of existing remedies for certain illnesses. We have compiled information that may be useful to researchers in their quest to develop new drugs.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000839583
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
In this book we present recent studies that have been carried out on some widely used medicinal plants. The need for new and alternative treatments stem from the lack of efficiency of existing remedies for certain illnesses. We have compiled information that may be useful to researchers in their quest to develop new drugs.
Andean Foodways
Author: John E. Staller
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030516296
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
There is widespread acknowledgement among anthropologists, archaeologists, ethnobotanists, as well as researchers in related disciplines that specific foods and cuisines are linked very strongly to the formation and maintenance of cultural identity and ethnicity. Strong associations of foodways with culture are particularly characteristic of South American Andean cultures. Food and drink convey complex social and cultural meanings that can provide insights into regional interactions, social complexity, cultural hybridization, and ethnogenesis. This edited volume presents novel and creative anthropological, archaeological, historical, and iconographic research on Andean food and culture from diverse temporal periods and spatial settings. The breadth and scope of the contributions provides original insights into a diversity of topics, such as the role of food in Andean political economies, the transformation of foodways and cuisines through time, and ancient iconographic representations of plants and animals that were used as food. Thus, this volume is distinguished from most of the published literature in that specific foods, cuisines, and culinary practices are the primary subject matter through which aspects of Andean culture are interpreted.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030516296
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
There is widespread acknowledgement among anthropologists, archaeologists, ethnobotanists, as well as researchers in related disciplines that specific foods and cuisines are linked very strongly to the formation and maintenance of cultural identity and ethnicity. Strong associations of foodways with culture are particularly characteristic of South American Andean cultures. Food and drink convey complex social and cultural meanings that can provide insights into regional interactions, social complexity, cultural hybridization, and ethnogenesis. This edited volume presents novel and creative anthropological, archaeological, historical, and iconographic research on Andean food and culture from diverse temporal periods and spatial settings. The breadth and scope of the contributions provides original insights into a diversity of topics, such as the role of food in Andean political economies, the transformation of foodways and cuisines through time, and ancient iconographic representations of plants and animals that were used as food. Thus, this volume is distinguished from most of the published literature in that specific foods, cuisines, and culinary practices are the primary subject matter through which aspects of Andean culture are interpreted.
The Nature and Status of Ethnobotany, 2nd ed
Author: Richard I. Ford
Publisher: U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY
ISBN: 0915703386
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
Publisher: U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY
ISBN: 0915703386
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
The Wayfinders
Author: Wade Davis
Publisher: House of Anansi
ISBN: 0887847668
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Many of us are alarmed by the accelerating rates of extinction of plants and animals. But how many of us know that human cultures are going extinct at an even more shocking rate? While biologists estimate that 18 percent of mammals and 11 percent of birds are threatened, and botanists anticipate the loss of 8 percent of flora, anthropologists predict that fully 50 percent of the 7,000 languages spoken around the world today will disappear within our lifetimes. And languages are merely the canaries in the coal mine: what of the knowledge, stories, songs, and ways of seeing encoded in these voices? In The Wayfinders, Wade Davis offers a gripping and enlightening account of this urgent crisis. He leads us on a fascinating tour through a handful of indigenous cultures, describing the worldviews they represent and reminding us of the encroaching danger to humankind's survival should they vanish.
Publisher: House of Anansi
ISBN: 0887847668
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Many of us are alarmed by the accelerating rates of extinction of plants and animals. But how many of us know that human cultures are going extinct at an even more shocking rate? While biologists estimate that 18 percent of mammals and 11 percent of birds are threatened, and botanists anticipate the loss of 8 percent of flora, anthropologists predict that fully 50 percent of the 7,000 languages spoken around the world today will disappear within our lifetimes. And languages are merely the canaries in the coal mine: what of the knowledge, stories, songs, and ways of seeing encoded in these voices? In The Wayfinders, Wade Davis offers a gripping and enlightening account of this urgent crisis. He leads us on a fascinating tour through a handful of indigenous cultures, describing the worldviews they represent and reminding us of the encroaching danger to humankind's survival should they vanish.
Mansfeld's Encyclopedia of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
Author: R. Büttner
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9783540410171
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 3698
Book Description
With contributions by numerous experts
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9783540410171
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 3698
Book Description
With contributions by numerous experts