Maya Folk Botany and Knowledge Devolution: Modernization and Intra-Community Variability in the Acquisition of Folkbotanical Knowledge

Ethos

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 349-367

  Shenton, Jeffrey ^a   Ross, Norbert ^a   Kohut, Michael ^a   Waxman, Sandra ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child development; Culture change; Folkbotany; Knowledge devolution; Tzotzil Maya

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860408900     PISSN: 00912131     EISSN: 15481352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1352.2011.01197.x     Document Type: Article

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