Classifying physical geographic features: The case of maninka farmers in Southwestern mali

Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 327-348

  Duvall, Chris S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnogeography; Ethnoscience; Folk taxonomy; Indigenous knowledge

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; MALI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 57649138484     PISSN: 04353684     EISSN: 14680467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0467.2008.00297.x     Document Type: Article

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