A Zapotec Natural History

Trees, Herbs, and Flowers, Birds, Beasts, and Bugs in the Life of San Juan Gbëë

Eugene S. Hunn (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

288 Seiten

2016
University of Arizona Press (Verlag)
978-0-8165-3433-3 (ISBN)

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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 Gbëë 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 Gbëë, 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	157 x 228 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