Ethnoecology : knowledge, resources, and rights /

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Imprint:Athens : University of Georgia Press, c1999.
Description:xviii, 163 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3827384
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Other authors / contributors:Blount, Ben G., 1940-
ISBN:0820320676 (alk. paper)
0820321281 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-152) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Ethnobiology in Court: The Paradoxes of Relativism, Authenticity, and Advocacy / Eugene S. Hunn
  • Lexical Reflections on the Cultural Importance of Medicinal Plants among Tzotzil and Tzeltal Maya / Brent Berlin
  • Mode of Production and Ethnobotanical Vocabulary: A Controlled Comparison of Guaja and Ka'apor / William Balee
  • Domesticated Land, Warm and Cold: Linguistic and Historical Evidence on Tenejapa Tzeltal Maya Ethnoecology / Luisa Maffi
  • Ecological, Sociocultural, and Biological Determinants of Ethnoepidemiological Patterns among Tzotzil and Tzeltal Maya / Elois Ann Berlin
  • Traditional Pastoralism and Development: A Comparison of Aymara and Navajo Grazing Ecology / Lawrence A. Kuznar
  • The Quandary of Conserving Ethnoecological Knowledge: A Piaroa Example / Stanford Zent.