Of trade and cognition: Markets and the loss of folk knowledge among the Tawahka Indians of the Honduran rain forest

Journal of Anthropological Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 219-233

  Godoy, Ricardo ^a   Brokaw, Nicholas ^b   Wilkie, David ^c   Colón, Daniel ^d   Palermo, Adam ^d   Lye, Suzanne ^d   Wei, Stanley ^d  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences   (United States)

^c Assoc in Forest R and D   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0345911724     PISSN: 00917710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/jar.54.2.3631731     Document Type: Article

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