{"product_id":"ethnobiology-and-the-science-of-humankind-isbn-9781405145893","title":"Ethnobiology and the Science of Humankind","description":"Part of \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Special Issue Book Series\u003c\/i\u003e, this landmark volume assesses the contribution of recent work in ethnobiology to anthropological thought.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders the ways in which the subject matter and methodologies of ethnobiological research address core anthropological questions.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContributors explore a wide range of themes, such as our understanding of those processes which transform the environment, and the evolution of the cultural mind.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAddresses anthropological issues of general interest, from biology to reflexivity.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHelps to develop the productive relationship between ethnobiology and anthropology.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e Preface vi \u003cp\u003e1. Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRoy Ellen\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Speculations on the First Congress of Ethnozoological Nomenclature 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrent Berlin \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Ethnobiology and the Evolution of the Human Mind 55\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteven Mithen \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Interplay of Ethnographic and Archaeological Knowledge in the Study of Past Human Subsistence 77\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Harris\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Amazonian historical ecologies 97\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaura Rival \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. The Interface Between Medical Ethnobotany and Medical Anthropology 117\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnna Waldstein and Cameron Adams \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Ethnobiology and Applied Anthropology: rapprochement of the academic with the pratical 147\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul Sillitoe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Meeting of Minds: How do we Share our Appreciation of Traditional environmental knowledge? 177\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEugene Hunn \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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.\" (\u003ci\u003eAnthropos, 2009)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The book's eight chapters succeed admirably in meeting its goal. It provides an eclectic, but reasonably comprehensive overview ... through many thought-provoking examples.\" (\u003ci\u003eJournal of Anthropological Research\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eRoy Ellen\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Anthropology and Human Ecology at the University of Kent at Canterbury. His research, mainly focussed on island southeast Asia, has spanned issues in ethnobiological classification, the ecology of swidden cultivation, deforestation and inter-island trade. His previous publications include \u003ci\u003eOn the Edge of the Banda Zone\u003c\/i\u003e (2003), \u003ci\u003eThe Cultural Relations of Classification\u003c\/i\u003e (1993) and \u003ci\u003eEnvironment, Subsistence and System\u003c\/i\u003e (1982).  This landmark volume assesses the contribution of recent work in ethnobiology to anthropological thought. Comprising a series of articles written by international scholars, the book considers the ways in which the subject matter and methodologies of ethnobiological research address core anthropological questions about the character of culture, language, cognition, knowledge, subsistence practice and co-evolution.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe contributors explore a wide variety of themes including: our understanding of those processes which transform the environment; the evolution of the cultural mind; classification and cognitive science; the character of cultural transmission; ethnobiology and archaeological interpretation; medical ethnobotany in relation to medical anthropology; and local ecological knowledge as applied anthropology. In this way, the book addresses issues of general interest in anthropology and helps to develop the productive relationship between ethnobiology and anthropology.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989169127653,"sku":"NP9781405145893","price":36.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405145893.jpg?v=1761783072","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/ethnobiology-and-the-science-of-humankind-isbn-9781405145893","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}