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Book SynopsisPart 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.
Trade Review"Roy Ellen manages to assemble a series of articles, most of the written by internationally renowned scholars, which comprise an astonishing variety of themes and theories." (Anthropos, 2009)
"The book's eight chapters succeed admirably in meeting its goal. It provides an eclectic, but reasonably comprehensive overview ... through many thought-provoking examples." (Journal of Anthropological Research)
Table of ContentsPreface 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
