Ethnoecology in Pre-Hispanic Central America
Foodways and Human-Plant Interfaces
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6033672 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shanti Morell‐hart (0000-0003-1866-8714), R A Joyce (0000-0001-8064-1454), John S Henderson, Rachel Cane |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 535-553 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ancient Mesoamerica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0956-5361 • E-ISSN: 1469-1787 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0956536119000014 |
| OpenAlex | W2945342158 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 65 |
In recent years, researchers in pre-Hispanic Central America have used new approaches that greatly amplify and enhance evidence of plants and their uses. This paper presents a case study from Puerto Escondido, located in the lower Ulúa River valley of Caribbean coastal Honduras. We demonstrate the effectiveness of using multiple methods in concert to interpret ethnobotanical practice in the past. By examining chipped-stone tools, ceramics, sediments from artifact contexts, and macrobotanical remains, we advance complementary inquiries. Here, we address botanical practices “in the home,” such as foodways, medicinal practices, fiber crafting, and ritual activities, and those “close to home,” such as agricultural and horticultural practices, forest management, and other engagements with local and distant ecologies. This presents an opportunity to begin to develop an understanding of ethnoecology at Puerto Escondido, here defined as the dynamic relationship between affordances provided in a botanical landscape and the impacts of human activities on that botanical landscape
Artifact (error · Biology · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Ethnobotany · Foodways · Geography · Sociology · Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory · Anthropology · Environmental Science · Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Ecology
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The cultural and chronological context of early Holocene maize and squash domestication in the Central Balsas River Valley, Mexico
Section of Anthropology
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Identifying crop plants with phytoliths (and starch grains) in Central and South America
Medicinal plant use in the practice of midwifery in rural Honduras
Antimicrobial properties of Honduran medicinal plants
Shedding Light on the Nightshades (Solanaceae) Used by the Ancient Maya
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From Feasting to Cuisine
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,29 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |