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Antiquity of Traditional Ethnobiological Knowledge in Amazonia: The Tupi-Guarani Family and Time

Antiquity of Traditional Ethnobiological Knowledge in Amazonia: The Tupi-Guarani Family and Time Antiquity of Traditional Ethnobiological Knowledge in Amazonia: The Tupi-Guarani Family and Time -- Balée 47 (2): 399 -- Ethnohistory QUICK SEARCH: (advanced) Author: Keyword(s): Year: Vol: Page: Home | Help | Feedback | Subscriptions | Archive | Search | Table of Contents Institution: DEEPDYVE INC | Sign In via User Name/Password Ethnohistory 2000 47(2):399-422; DOI:10.1215/00141801-47-2-399 This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in Web of Science Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Citing Articles Citing Articles via Web of Science (7) Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Balée, W. Search for Related Content Social Bookmarking What's this? Duke University Press Articles Antiquity of Traditional Ethnobiological Knowledge in Amazonia: The Tupí-Guaraní Family and Time William Balée Tulane University Abstract. Traditional ethnobiological knowledge ( TEK ) in Amazonia can be elucidated by comparative study within a language family. Some of this TEK has been more resistant to change than certain elements from other cultural domains, such as kinship and politics. Although much TEK has been nevertheless eroded over time, the Tupí-Guaraní language family shows evidence for retention of TEK concerning not only many domesticated and semidomesticated plants but also certain wild resources. In particular, that language family has evidently retained complexes of traits that (1) associate tortoises with the human female reproductive cycle; (2) associate Pachycondyla commutata ants with menarche and female initiation rites; and (3) prescribe the stings of Pseudomyrmex spp. ants as therapy for fever and inflammatory conditions. Such knowledge, however unequally shared in modern languages and cultures, appears to be very old. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Ethnohistory Duke University Press

Antiquity of Traditional Ethnobiological Knowledge in Amazonia: The Tupi-Guarani Family and Time

Balee, William
Ethnohistory , Volume 47 (2) – Apr 1, 2000
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Antiquity of Traditional Ethnobiological Knowledge in Amazonia: The Tupi-Guarani Family and Time -- Balée 47 (2): 399 -- Ethnohistory QUICK SEARCH: (advanced) Author: Keyword(s): Year: Vol: Page: Home | Help | Feedback | Subscriptions | Archive | Search | Table of Contents Institution: DEEPDYVE INC | Sign In via User Name/Password Ethnohistory 2000 47(2):399-422; DOI:10.1215/00141801-47-2-399 This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in Web of Science Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Citing Articles Citing Articles via Web of Science (7) Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Balée, W. Search for Related Content Social Bookmarking What's this? Duke University Press Articles Antiquity of Traditional Ethnobiological Knowledge in Amazonia: The Tupí-Guaraní Family and Time William Balée Tulane University Abstract. Traditional ethnobiological knowledge ( TEK ) in Amazonia can be elucidated by comparative study within a language family. Some of this TEK has been more resistant to change than certain elements from other cultural domains, such as kinship and politics. Although much TEK has been nevertheless eroded over time, the Tupí-Guaraní language family shows evidence for retention of TEK concerning not only many domesticated and semidomesticated plants but also certain wild resources. In particular, that language family has evidently retained complexes of traits that (1) associate tortoises with the human female reproductive cycle; (2) associate Pachycondyla commutata ants with menarche and female initiation rites; and (3) prescribe the stings of Pseudomyrmex spp. ants as therapy for fever and inflammatory conditions. Such knowledge, however unequally shared in modern languages and cultures, appears to be very old.

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