General principles of ethnomycological classification among the Tzeltal Maya of Chiapas, Mexico

Journal of Ethnobiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-27

  Lampman, Aaron M ^a  

^a FORT LEWIS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

ecological anthropology; ethnobiology; folk classification; mushroom(s); Tzeltal Maya

Indexed keywords

BASIDIOMYCOTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 57049166636     PISSN: 02780771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2993/0278-0771(2007)27[11:GPOECA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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