Top Results for Ethnobotany
Harold C. Conklin was an American anthropologist recognized as a foundational figure in the fields of cognitive anthropology and ethnoscience. He conducted extensive fieldwork in the Philippines, most notably producing meticulous research on the Hanunó'o people's system of plant classification. His...
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Ethnoscience and ethnobotany landmark work; meticulous field methods are widely admired.
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Wade Davis is a Canadian cultural anthropologist and ethnobotanist whose work focuses on indigenous cultures, particularly in the Amazon and Haiti. He is widely recognized for his 1985 book The Serpent and the Rainbow, an ethnobotanical investigation into the creation of zombies in Haitian Vodou. He...
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Ethnobotany and public writing highly visible; scholarly reputation mixed but substantial.
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