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Everyday Knowledge and Apothecary Craft: Pharmacopoeias of Ancient Northwestern Honduras
Cambridge Archaeological Journal Pub Date : 2021-08-23 , DOI: 10.1017/s0959774321000421
Shanti Morell-Hart 1
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Medicinal practices were critical in ancient societies, yet we have limited insight into these practices outside references found in ancient texts. Meanwhile, historic and ethnographic resources have documented how a number of plants, from across the landscape, are assembled into pharmacopoeias and transformed into materia medica. These documentary resources attest to diverse healthcare practices that incorporate botanical elements, while residues in the archaeological record (seeds, phytoliths and starch grains) point to a variety of activities, some of them therapeutic in nature. Focusing on four pre-Hispanic communities in northwestern Honduras, I draw upon ethnobotanical and ethnobiological knowledge to infer medical practices potentially represented by ancient plant residues. Comparing these findings with prior investigations, I address the limits of dividing taxa into mutually exclusive categories such as ‘food’, ‘fuel’ and ‘medicine’. I consider the importance of apothecary craft in past lifeways, as well as the persistence of many traditions in contemporary medical practice.



中文翻译:

日常知识和药剂师工艺:古代洪都拉斯西北部药典

医学实践在古代社会中至关重要,但我们对这些实践的了解有限,除了古代文献中的参考资料。同时,历史和人种学资源记录了许多植物,来自整个景观,如何组装成药典并转化为本草. 这些文献资源证明了包含植物元素的各种医疗保健实践,而考古记录中的残留物(种子、植硅体和淀粉粒)指向各种活动,其中一些具有治疗性质。着眼于洪都拉斯西北部的四个前西班牙裔社区,我利用民族植物学和民族生物学知识来推断可能以古代植物残留物为代表的医疗实践。将这些发现与先前的调查进行比较,我解决了将分类群划分为相互排斥的类别(例如“食物”、“燃料”和“药物”)的局限性。我认为药剂师工艺在过去的生活方式中的重要性,以及许多传统在当代医学实践中的持续存在。

更新日期:2021-08-23
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