Ethnobiology and the science of humankind
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Ethnobiology and the science of humankind
（Journal of the Royal Anthroplogical Institute special issue, no. 1）
Blackwell Publishing , Royal Anthropological Institute, 2006
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"The volume is derived from a flagship panel hosted by the Ninth International Congress of Ethnobiology held at the University of Kent at Canterbury in June 2004" -- pref
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Part of The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Special Issue Book Series, this landmark volume assesses the contribution of recent work in ethnobiology to anthropological thought.
Considers the ways in which the subject matter and methodologies of ethnobiological research address core anthropological questions.
Contributors explore a wide range of themes, such as our understanding of those processes which transform the environment, and the evolution of the cultural mind.
Addresses anthropological issues of general interest, from biology to reflexivity.
Helps to develop the productive relationship between ethnobiology and anthropology.
Table of Contents
Preface vi 1. Introduction 1
Roy Ellen
2. Speculations on the First Congress of Ethnozoological Nomenclature 29
Brent Berlin
3. Ethnobiology and the Evolution of the Human Mind 55
Steven Mithen
4. The Interplay of Ethnographic and Archaeological Knowledge in the Study of Past Human Subsistence 77
David Harris
5. Amazonian historical ecologies 97
Laura Rival
6. The Interface Between Medical Ethnobotany and Medical Anthropology 117
Anna Waldstein and Cameron Adams
7. Ethnobiology and Applied Anthropology: rapprochement of the academic with the pratical 147
Paul Sillitoe
8. Meeting of Minds: How do we Share our Appreciation of Traditional environmental knowledge? 177
Eugene Hunn
Index 197
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