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The Monkeys and Parrots of Gold Rush-era California Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2022-03-08 Cyler Conrad
As immigrant gold miners migrated en masse to San Francisco and northern California during the Gold Rush-era (ca. 1849–1855), they experienced new animals. Stopping in ports throughout Central and South America, these argonauts saw, felt, smelled, heard, and occasionally consumed, mammals, birds, reptiles, and many more creatures, which were wholly exotic to those species found at home. Two types of
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Ethnoornithology and Bird Conservation in Afro-descendant Communities in the Brazilian Caatinga Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2022-01-29 Aurea Palloma Bezerra Barbosa Veras,Cauê Guion de Almeida,Lorena Lima de Moraes,Alexandre M. Fernandes
This paper investigates relationships between birds and the inhabitants of Afro-descendant communities in the Caatinga of northeastern Brazil, paying particular attention to conservation. Near the Refúgio de Vida Silvestre da Serra do Giz wildlife reserve, we interviewed 55 residents using semi-structured forms combined with free interviews and informal conversations. Residents reported 121 species
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Una Hiwea, O Livro Vivo. Edited by Agostinho Manduca M. Ĩka Muru. 2012. Literaterras and Faculdade de Letras da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte. 284 pp. – and – Una Shubu Hiwea: Livro Escola Viva do Povo Huni Kuĩ do Rio Jordão. 2017. Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2022-01-29 Thiago Serrano de Almeida Penedo
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The Biodemography of Subsistence Farming: Population, Food and Family. By James W. Wood. 2020. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 502 pp. Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2021-12-30 Eugene N. Anderson
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Possibilities for Multispecies Approaches in Coffee Landscapes Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2021-11-18 Jose Ramon Becerra Vera
Multispecies approaches can increase our knowledge around the social and ecological dimensions of coffee landscapes. Ethnobiologists combine the social and natural sciences to study the relationships between humans, the environment, and biota. Multispecies approaches can build from these strategies to further explore the social and biological elements that humans together with more-than-humans contribute
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Yak Domestication: A Review of Linguistic, Archaeological, and Genetic Evidence Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2021-10-13 Guillaume Jacques,Jade D'Alpoim Guedes,Shuya Zhang
Yak, a species of bovid uniquely adapted to high-altitude environments, plays a critical role in the life of the inhabitants of the Tibetan Plateau and neighboring areas. There is currently no consensus on when these animals may have been domesticated. In this paper, we review the archaeological, genetic, and linguistic evidence relevant to this question, and suggest that the domestication took place
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The Flora of Azulejos in Maranhão, Brazil Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2021-10-08 Leandro Menezes,Alícia Ewerton,Amanda Garcia,Susana Dominici,Fabiane Fernandes,Lívia Flávia Campos,Lucas Marinho
The azulejo (tile) styles from the Iberian Peninsula and other regions in the New World are strongly influenced by Muslim aesthetics. Many of the azulejos in Maranhão, Brazil, depict plants and plant parts, but little is known about their species identity. In this paper, we investigated the origin of 94 plants species illustrated on the azulejos in Maranhão based on their phytomorphic elements. Among
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Host Plants Association with Longhorn Beetles of Food Value: Traditional Knowledge of the Guaraní as Cultural Identity Keepers Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2021-09-14 Jorge Justino Araujo,Héctor Alejandro Keller,Norma Inés Hilgert
The study of plant-insect interactions and how cultural groups perceive and manage them constitutes one of the interests of ethnoentomology. This work describes the association between host plants and longhorn beetles (Order: Coleoptera; Family: Cerambycidae), an important food among the Guaraní peoples of the province of Misiones, Argentina. Different management methods of host tree species are analyzed
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A Reply to Pierotti’s (2018) Review of “Evolutionary Ethnobiology”: Decolonizing Latin American Science Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2021-08-05 Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque,Washington Soares Ferreira Júnior,Ina Vandebroek,Rainer W. Bussmann,Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana,Ana H. Ladio,Robert Voeks,Felipe Melo,Michelle C. M. Jacob,Thiago Gonçalves-Souza,Ariadna Valentina Lopes,Gustavo Taboada Soldati
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When is it Appropriate to Reference Identities, Relationships of Belonging, or Knowledge Lineages in Ethnobiological Scholarship? Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2021-08-05 Felice S. Wyndham,Janelle Baker,Kelly Bannister,Maria Bruno,Andrew Flachs,Cynthia Fowler,Andrew Gillreath-Brown,Elizabeth Olson,Kali Wade,Sarah Walshaw
racialized categories. This historical context of the term is particular to resistance movements in North America, however. In other contexts, and particularly in Latin America, the term ‘color’ and indeed any racializing may be read as offensive, xenophobic, or otherwise Other-ing. These differences in terminology reflect the different histories of settler colonialism and solidarity against oppression
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The Semantics of Color: Reply to Response to Review Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2021-08-05 Raymond Pierotti
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A Reply to Whitney's Review of Why the Porcupine is Not a Bird Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2021-08-05 Gregory Forth
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An Intrasite Analysis of Agricultural Economy at Early Islamic Caesarea Maritima, Israel Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2021-03-19 Kathleen M. Forste
The archaeological site of Caesarea Maritima in modern-day Israel was an important coastal town in the Early Islamic period (c. 636–1100 CE). In this article, I analyze 15 samples of carbonized wood and non-wood macrobotanical remains recovered from two residential neighborhoods to investigate the production and consumption of agricultural plant products. The identified crop and wood taxa are typical
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Does Climatic Seasonality of the Caatinga Influence the Composition of the Free lists of Medicinal Plants? A Case Study Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2021-03-15 Ernani Machado de Freitas Lins Neto,Silvana Vieira dos Santos,Washington Soares Ferreira Júnior
The free list is a key data collection tool in ethnobotanical studies. For this reason, it is currently receiving a great deal of attention regarding possible methodological limitations. To this end, we aim to investigate the influence of climatic seasonality of the Caatinga ecosystem on the composition of free lists of medicinal plants provided by people from a rural community located in the northeast
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Feeding the People: The Politics of the Potato. By Rebecca Earle. 2020. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom. 306 pp. Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2021-03-15 Eugene N. Anderson
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Starch Granule Size and Morphology as a Proxy for Water Regime Influence on Zea mays Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2021-03-15 Stefania Wilks,Lisbeth A. Louderback,Shannon Boomgarden
A wealth of information on the patterns of human subsistence and plant domestication has been generated from studies on maize (Zea mays) starch granules. However, very little work has been conducted on how the size and morphology of those granules might change as a function of water stress during the growing season. In the arid Southwest, the role of irrigation in growing maize is an essential parameter
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Food Production in Native North America: An Archaeological Perspective. By Kristen J. Gremillion. 2018. Society for American Archaeology, The SAA Press, Washington, DC. 194 pp. Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2021-02-22 James R. Veteto
continuum for food production strategies as opposed to the stale hunter-gatherer, horticulturalist, agriculturalist, industrialist typologies of yesteryear. Again, a welcome and necessary approach that is consistent with much contemporary work by archaeobotanists. The rest of the book is an overvieworiented look at pre-Columbian food production strategies in major bioregions of Native North America
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Creation of a Field Guide to Camas Prairie Plants with Undergraduates: Project-Based Learning Combined with Epistemological Decolonization Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2021-02-12 Frederica Bowcutt
Remnant camas prairies and associated oak woodlands are the focus of contemporary Indigenous food sovereignty efforts in the Salish Sea (aka Puget Sound) region of western Washington. They are also the focus of research and restoration to conserve at-risk species of animals and plants protected under the United States Endangered Species Act. Currently there is little collaboration between tribes and
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Crafting Wounaan Landscapes: Identity, Art, and Environmental Governance in Panama's Darién. By Julie Velásquez Runk. 2017. University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ. 313 pp. Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2021-02-01 Katherine E. French
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Ethnobiology After Four Years of Socioecological Violence Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2021-01-22 Andrew Flachs,Elizabeth A. Olson,John M. Marston,Maria C. Bruno
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Exploring Environments through Water: An Ethno-Hydrography of the Tibesti Mountains (Central Sahara) Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2021-01-08 Tilman Musch
An ethno-hydrography, studying the organization of space through water, can provide a key to understanding how people conceive their environments in a holistic way. Based on mapping as a dynamic process, different representations of river systems among the Tubu Teda, who live in the Tibesti mountains (Central Sahara), are described in this paper. I first discuss a large-scale subdivision of the mountains
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Saving the Greater Adjutant Stork by Changing Perceptions and Linking to Assamese Traditions in India Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2020-12-04 Purnima Devi Barman,D. K. Sharma,John F. Cockrem,Mamani Malakar,Bibekananda Kakati,Tracy Melvin
The Greater Adjutant Stork (Leptoptilos dubius), locally known as Hargila (the bone swallower) is an endangered bird with an estimated global population of less than 1200. Habitat loss, poisoning, and poaching have caused large declines in populations of this stork in South Asia, with the Brahmaputra valley in Assam in northeastern India now the last stronghold for the species. The stork nests colonially
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Learning about Extraordinary Beings: Native Stories and Real Birds Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2020-12-04 Raymond Pierotti
Oral traditions of Indigenous American peoples (as well as those of other Indigenous peoples) have long been discussed with regard to their reliability as metaphorical accounts based upon historical knowledge. I explore this debate using stories to discuss the importance of the role of Corvidae in Indigenous knowledge traditions and how these stories convey information about important socioecological
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Avian Voices, Avian Silences: Learning By Listening to Birds Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2020-12-04 Nicole Sault
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Bird Stories from Latin America: Lessons on Change and Adaptation Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2020-12-04 Nicole Sault
When people hear bird sounds, they understand them on various levels that are interpreted according to cultural context. Among Indigenous cultures of Latin America, avian voices are understood in relation to group identity, kinship affiliation, and personal experience, such as dreams and vision quests. Birds are recognized as social actors with their own voices that express intentions, desires, needs
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Bad Mothers and Strange Offspring: Images of Scrubfowl and Sea Turtles in Eastern Indonesia Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2020-12-04 Gregory Forth
One way birds communicate knowledge to humans and facilitate communication among humans is through metaphors. A recent book discusses animal metaphors, nearly a third of which employ birds as vehicles, used by the Nage people of Flores Island (eastern Indonesia). As applied to human beings and human behaviors, bird metaphors reveal considerable overlap with other animal metaphors; thus, a full understanding
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Reclaiming Native Hawaiian Knowledge Represented in Bird Taxonomies Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2020-12-04 Noah Gomes
This paper examines three examples of native bird classification systems historically used by the aboriginal peoples of the Hawaiian Islands. The goal is to better understand Indigenous linguistic hierarchies in the taxonomic structure and nomenclature systems that were formerly utilized by these colonized peoples. Three specific manuscripts from two native historians and a foreign naturalist are analyzed
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A Quantitative Method for Evaluating Contemporary Cultural Uses of Birds: A Case Study from Mexico Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2020-12-04 Dulce María Ávila-Nájera,Barbara J. Tigar,Zaira Zavala-Sánchez,Pedro Zetina-Cordoba,Ricardo Serna-Lagunes
This study evaluates the relationship between people and birds in Mexico, a country where high cultural and biological diversity are reflected in the close associations between people and natural resources, recorded since pre-Hispanic times. It systematically reviews 1041 records of cultural use of wild birds in Mexico published between 1996–2017 and analyzes patterns of contemporary use of avifauna
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Ethnoichthyology of Fishing Communities in the Lower Valley of Ouémé in Benin, West Africa Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2020-10-16 Gildas Djidohokpin,Edmond Sossoukpè,Richard Adandé,Juste V. Voudounnou,Emile D. Fiogbé,Anne Haour
Ethno-ichthyological knowledge can improve fisheries management. This study covers interactions between ecological, morphological, and sociocultural aspects pertaining to the fish of the Tovè River, which is located in the largest fishing area in the Republic of Benin (Ouémé Valley), West Africa. In particular, data were collected on fishing methods and techniques, fishing equipment, and ichthyofauna
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Medicinal Plants of Tecopatlán, Jalisco, Mexico: Description of the Uses and Environmental Availability Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2020-09-29 Adrian Gutiérrez Alonso, Elizabeth Anne Olson, Judith Cevallos Espinosa, Jesús Juan Rosales Adame
The non-Indigenous, mestizo, ejido (communal agricultural land) Tecopatlán is located in the municipality of Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco, in the influence zone of the Sierra de Manantlán Biosphere Reserve (SMBR). The primary purpose of this research was to characterize traditional knowledge of medicinal plants held by residents of Tecopatlán in relationship to the land use patterns of the ejido. We
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Beyond Wild and Tame: Soiot Encounters in a Sentient Landscape. By Alex C. Oehler. 2020. Berghahn Books, New York, NY. 214 pp. Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2020-09-25 Eva Kotašková
describes the Oka-Soiot household, which in Soiot cosmology is a mirror image of spirit households of the taiga (Chapter 1). What is domestic for humans is a game for spirits and vice versa. In Soiot perspective, the “domestic” is an outcome of negotiation within the environment, rather than an outcome of solely human actions. Regarding spirituality and cosmology, Chapter 2 describes the historical
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Kajika Frogs (Buergeria buergeri) as Premium Pets During the Japanese Modern Monarchical Period Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2020-09-18 Hideto Hoshina
This study reviews articles about the prices of Kajika frogs (Buergeria buergeri) in eight Japanese newspapers published between 1884 and 1938. Frog prices have been converted to present-day United States dollars (US$). The frogs had a wide range of prices. Premium individuals, in particular, were often sold for US$1,000–2,000. In this paper, I discuss the reasons why exceptional individuals were traded
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The The Charcoal Quantification Tool (CharTool): A Suite of Open-source Tools for Quantifying Charcoal Fragments and Sediment Properties in Archaeological and Paleoecological Analysis Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2020-09-18 Grant Snitker
Sedimentary charcoal analysis is increasingly used in archaeological and paleoecological research to examine human-environmental relationships at multiple scales. The recent availability of low-cost digital microscopes and imaging software has resulted in the rapid adoption of digital image analysis in charcoal studies. However, most published studies include only minimal accounts of software configurations
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Pineapple Among the Indigenous Nambikwara: Early Twentieth Century Photographic Documentation from Central Brazil Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2020-09-15 Carlos E. A. Coimbra,James R. Welch
In the region that is today Brazil, presence of pineapple in the food of Indigenous peoples was noted early by the Portuguese and other European explorers, who described the presence of the plant in Indigenous gardens and around villages along the Atlantic coast and in the interior. The objective of this paper is to contribute to the ethnobotany and history of pineapple in South America, particularly
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Traditional use of Dasylirion acrotrichum in the Construction of Floral Arches for the Festival of San Jerónimo, in Coatepec, Veracruz, Mexico Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2020-09-15 Guadalupe Torres-Martínez,Citlalli López Binnqüist,Evodia Silva Rivera,Noe Velázquez-Rosas
In Mexico, floral arches are commonly constructed as offerings in religious festivals. The plants required for fabrication of these arches are currently in great demand, which could affect the species involved. The objective of this study was to document the traditional management of Dasylirion acrotrichum (cucharilla) as used in the construction of floral arches during a festival of great religious
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Wildlife Hunting and Utilization in Ulu Baleh, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2020-09-15 Melynda Cheok Ka Yi,Jayasilan Mohd-Azlan
Poaching is one of the greatest immediate threats and a serious conservation challenge facing wildlife in Borneo. Medium- to large-sized mammals, while charismatic, are hunted for consumption and sale. This study focuses on wildlife hunting and utilization of selected communities in a remote area in Sarawak, conducted using interview surveys within communities who hunt wildlife in Ulu Baleh. The calculated
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Humans, Dolphins, and Porpoises: Investigations at the Par-Tee Site, Seaside, Oregon, AD 100–800 Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2020-08-14 Hope Loiselle
Small cetaceans are understudied compared to whales and pinnipeds even though they represent a high -ranking prey choice when available in the environment. Building upon previous faunal analyses at the Par-Tee site, Seaside, Oregon that investigated whaling, this analysis of dolphin and porpoise remains suggests that people were hunting small cetaceans between AD 100–800 on the Oregon coast, especially
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Neocolonial Thinking and Respect for Nature: Do Indigenous People have Different Relationships with Wildlife than Europeans? Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2020-08-01 Raymond Pierotti,Brandy Raelene Fogg
We respond to Mech (2019) “Do Indigenous American Peoples’ Stories Inform the Study of Dog Domestication” and point out a number of errors and omissions in Mech’s essay. These include: 1) assuming that the behavior of all wild wolves is the same, and can be characterized according only to Mech’s personal experience; 2) assuming that the domestication of wolves took place in only a single location at
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In Memoriam: Steven Alec Weber Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2020-06-28 Steven D. Emslie
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A’uwẽ (Xavante) Hunting Calls: A Vocal Repertoire for Ethnozoological Communication and Coordination in the Brazilian Cerrado Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2020-06-04 James R. Welch
Group hunting is a productive subsistence activity for many Indigenous peoples with adequate access to territorial and game resources. A’uwẽ (Xavante) group hunts can involve large numbers of individuals coordinating group hunting efforts over large areas. A’uwẽ group hunting and hunting with fire are sophisticated endeavors requiring years of preparation, ample discussion, and post-hunt analysis.
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Exploring the Interfaces between Ethnobiology and Ecotoxicology: A Novel Approach Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2020-05-20 Graziela Dias Blanco, Natalia Hanazaki, Suelen Beeck Cunha, Marta Jussara Cremer, Mari Lucia Campos
In recent years, increases in urbanization and industrialization have led to an increase in contaminated areas, which directly affect traditional, indigenous, and local communities who use natural resources for food and medicine. We present a discussion about the use of food resources from areas contaminated with heavy metals and focus on two case studies in southern Brazil. In the first case study
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Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and Ethnobotany for Wind River Reservation Rangelands Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2020-05-11 Colleen Friday, John Derek Scasta
The need to affirm and revitalize cultural knowledge of native plant communities is impera-tive for Indigenous people. This ethnobotanical study documents Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) structured from an Indigenous paradigm by exploring the connection be-tween plants collected in two high-elevation basins and tribal members on the Wind River Indian Reservation (WRIR). We sought to qualitatively
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What Drives Illegal Hunting with Dogs? Traditional Practice in Contemporary South Africa Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2020-05-11 Jaime Chambers
Illegal hunting with dogs in rural South Africa converges around issues of conservation, resource use, and livelihood. Hunting with dogs has a long cultural history, tethered to tradition and subsistence. Today, it is tightly regulated but practiced outside the law. Academic literature and mainstream media alike paint a multidimensional picture of the phenomenon. Some sources portray disenfranchised
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Injuries Caused by Freshwater Stingrays in the Western Amazon: Folk Medicine and Beliefs Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2020-05-11 Greiciane Amorim Da Silva, Aline Nayara Poscai, André Luis da Silva Casas
The envenomation caused by freshwater stingrays is one of the most frequent injuries related to aquatic animals in South America. Such injury is severe with skin necrosis as a probable result of the sting and subsequent intense pain. Here, we characterized the accidents caused by freshwater stingrays in Jurua Valley, Acre, Brazil, with reports of people who had suffered injuries. Data collection was
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Gathering “Mouse Roots,” Among the Naukan and Chukchi of the Russian Far East Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2019-12-14 Kevin Jernigan, Olga Belichenko, Valeria Kolosova, Darlene Orr, Maria Pupynina
The authors worked from 2014–2016, with 67 Naukan and Chukchi participants in six villages on the subject of “mouse roots,” a category of edible plants, including tubers of five species, taken from caches of Microtus voles. Only eight out of 44 Chukchi and none of the Naukan respondents said that they still actively gather these foods. However, 43 out of 44 Chukchi and 21 out of 23 Naukan participants
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Rhynchophorus palmarum used in Traditional Medicine in the Peruvian Amazon Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2019-12-10 Cesar Delgado, Rosa Romero, Rosa Vásquez Espinoza, Marcial Trigozo, Rocio Correa
Ethnoentomological research focuses on the wealth of knowledge about insects used by indigenous communities. Here, we examine the medicinal use of insects, with a particular focus on Rhynchophorus palmarum, also known as suri, by indigenous peoples in the Peruvian Amazon. Between January 2014 and November 2015, a semi-structured survey was conducted in six communities belonging to Kukama-kukamiria
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Fruit from the Sands: The Silk Road Origins of the Foods We Eat. By Robert N. Spengler III. 2019. University of California Press, Berkeley. 392 pp. Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2019-12-04 Eugene N. Anderson
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How to Carry Out a Democratic Ethnobotanical Study Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2019-12-04 Pedro Crepaldi Carlessi
This contribution aims to share some experiences and methodological considerations that arose during an ethnobotanical research project with an Afro-Brazilian religious community in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil. By presenting ontological features of plants used in religious practices, and the ways relations are created within this religious cosmology, this work opens a discussion about the political
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Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Learning from Indigenous Practices for Environmental Sustainability. Edited by Melissa K. Nelson and Dan Shilling. 2018. Cambridge University Press, New York, NY. 276 pp. Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2019-12-04 Christopher D. Stiegler
While this book has relevance to ethnobiology and ecological anthropology, it will also resonate with general anthropologists, including scholars of paleoanthropology. In Schilling’s introductory chapter, he suggests that during the Pleistocene Era, hominins lived sustainably because they sensed their existence was linked to the environment’s well-being. It seems reasonable to me that hominin populations
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Mentoring is an Intellectual Pillar of Ethnobiology Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2019-12-04 Andrew Flachs, Elizabeth A. Olson, John M. Marston, Andrew Gillreath-Brown
Ethnobiology relies on community partnerships and relationships between elders or other knowledge keepers and students. Our Society of Ethnobiology, like all academic organizations, has its own issues with discrimination and abuses of power. But more than other academic disciplines, contemporary ethnobiology is practiced with and strengthened by close, respectful working relationships. As such, we
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Viking games and Sámi Pastimes: Making balls of Fomitopsis betulina Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2019-11-05 Ingvar Svanberg, Isak Lidström
Ethnomycology is the study of the bio-cultural aspects of human-fungal interactions. This article discusses the involvement of the bracket fungus Fomitopsis betulina within the material culture of traditional games. With a particular focus on the Nordic countries, the aim is to review and analyze the use of simple balls made of bracket fungi. We argue that the fungi ball can be considered the precursor
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Historical Shark Meat Consumption and Trade Trends in a Global Richness Hotspot Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2019-11-05 Márcio L. V. Barbosa-Filho, Rachel Ann Hauser-Davis, Salvatore Siciliano, Thelma L. P. Dias, Rômulo R. N. Alves, Eraldo M. Costa-Neto
Shark catches have increased worldwide, threatening the survival of several species. This study describes historical trends concerning shark consumption and commercialization by artisanal fishers in northeastern Brazil. Semi-structured questionnaires were applied and respondents pointed out that sharks used to be locally regarded as low-quality fish in the past and rejected by fish consumers, with
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Genotoxic Profile and Morphological Variation of the Amanita rubescens Complex: Traditional Knowledge for Safe Consumption in Mexico Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2019-09-04 Griselda Nallely Hernández-Rico, Pablo Octavio-Aguilar, Roberto Orijel-Garibay, Leticia Romero-Bautista
Wild mushrooms are important to the nutritional health and economic subsistence of rural populations in Mexico, but inaccurate identification of mushrooms has led to reported cases of poisoning. The aim of this study is to establish genotoxic profiles of mushrooms of the putative Amanita rubescens complex and to link those profiles with morphological attributes that suggest a correct identification
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Do Indigenous American Peoples’ Stories Inform the Study of Dog Domestication? Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2019-09-01 L. David Mech
I discuss the article “Relationships Between Indigenous American Peoples and Wolves 1: Wolves as Teachers and Guides” (Fogg et al. 2015) and the book “The First Domestication: How Wolves and Humans Coevolved” (Pierotti and Fogg 2017). The article proposed that published stories about interactions between indigenous American peoples and wolves (Canis lupus) provide insight into wolf-human relationships
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How Toxic is Milkweed when Harvested and Cooked according to Myaamia Tradition? Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2019-08-06 Michael A. Everest, Michael P. Gonella, Holly G. Bowler, Joshua R. Waschak
Asclepias syriaca L. (common milkweed) is known to contain sufficient amounts of cardiac glycosides, which are known to be toxic to humans. Nonetheless, it is traditionally used for food by Native Americans, including the Myaamia people of Indiana and Oklahoma. In order to test the hypothesis that traditional horticultural and culinary practices prevent the Myaamia from ingesting toxic levels of cardiac
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Understanding Canoe Making as a Process of Preserving Cultural Heritage Ethnobiology Letters (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2019-08-06 Debora Peterson, Natalia Hanazaki, Fabiana Li
Canoes are deeply ingrained elements of the Caicara culture, not only for their historical and current practical uses, but also for their socio-cultural outcomes. Caicara people are the descendants of Europeans, Africans, and Indigenous peoples who inhabit parts of the Atlantic Forest in the southern and southeastern coast of Brazil. Despite this, canoe making has been declining in several Caicara