Chiapas: Maya Folk Botany And Knowledge Devolution: Modernization And Intra-Community ...

Chiapas: Maya Folk Botany And Knowledge Devolution: Modernization And Intra-Community Variability In The Acquisition Of Folkbotanical Knowledge Jeffrey Shenton, Norbert Ross, Michael Kohut, and Sandra Waxman, 2011   One potential source of folkbiological knowledge loss is changing patterns of interaction with the natural world stemming from “modernizing” material change. This article compares models of plant knowledge among age-matched groups of children and adults in two communities of a...

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