A Zapotec Natural History
Trees, Herbs, and Flowers, Birds, Beasts, and Bugs in the Life of San Juan Gbëë
Seiten
2016
University of Arizona Press (Verlag)
978-0-8165-3433-3 (ISBN)
University of Arizona Press (Verlag)
978-0-8165-3433-3 (ISBN)
Describes the people of a small town in Mexico and their remarkable knowledge of the natural world in which they live. Eugene S. Hunn writes sensitively and respectfully about the rich understanding of local flora and fauna that village inhabitants have acquired and transmitted over many centuries.
A Zapotec Natural History describes the people of a small town in Mexico and their remarkable knowledge of the natural world in which they live. San Juan Gbee is a Zapotec Indian community located in the state of Oaxaca, a region of surprising biological diversity. Eugene S. Hunn is a well-known anthropologist and ethnobiologist who has spent many years working in San Juan Gbee, studying its residents and their knowledge of the local environment. Here Hunn writes sensitively and respectfully about the rich understanding of local flora and fauna that village inhabitants have acquired and transmitted over many centuries.
A Zapotec Natural History describes the people of a small town in Mexico and their remarkable knowledge of the natural world in which they live. San Juan Gbee is a Zapotec Indian community located in the state of Oaxaca, a region of surprising biological diversity. Eugene S. Hunn is a well-known anthropologist and ethnobiologist who has spent many years working in San Juan Gbee, studying its residents and their knowledge of the local environment. Here Hunn writes sensitively and respectfully about the rich understanding of local flora and fauna that village inhabitants have acquired and transmitted over many centuries.
Eugene S. Hunn is Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle. He received his Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley. His primary research interests are ethnobiology, ethnoecology, and cognitive anthropology. He has conducted fieldwork in Mexico and with Native North American communities.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 31.12.2016 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Tucson |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 388 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8165-3433-0 / 0816534330 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8165-3433-3 / 9780816534333 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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