Louis Evan Grivetti
Biographic Data
| ID | 3693988 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Louis Evan Grivetti |
| GIVEN NAMES | Louis Evan |
| FAMILY NAME | Grivetti |
| SIGNATURE | GRIVETTI L E |
| AFFILIATIONS | b Department of Nutrition , University of California , Davis, California, 95616 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
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Alpine and Brazilian Swiss food patterns after a century of isolation
Food patterns of ethnic Swiss living in two ecologically distinct localities, Canton Obwalden, Switzerland, and Colonia Helvetia, Brazil, are compared. Both populations share a common bond of ancestry but express different food histories after Obwalden Swiss immigrated to Brazil in the 1850's. Obwalden Swiss food patterns characteristic of the mid‐19th century were identified using archive and library resources; contemporary food patterns at both…
Reply to Dr. Oomen (vol. 19, page 1)
Legacy of the chameleon
This paper presents cultural and ecological data on division of labor, collection, storage and the use of edible wild plants. Primary responsibility for the collection of plants is with women. Most collecting occurs just before mealtime. Usually only enough for one meal is gathered. Swazi seldom mark favorite localities where wild plants are obtained; to do so is considered selfish. Of 211 adults surveyed, 50 cultivated edible wild species in hou…
Legacy of the chameleon
This paper presents objectives; methods; an introduction to the people, culture and diet of Swaziland, site for a cultural‐ecological study of edible wild plants. Swaziland is ethnically homogeneous, but environmentally diverse. Four distinct botanical zones are recognized: Highveld, Middleveld, Lowveld and Lubombo. Study objectives were to identify maintenance or abandonment of edible plant consumption by both Swazi adults and school children in…
Legacy of the chameleon
This paper presents proximate analysis, protein and mineral values for 29 important wild plant species consumed in Swaziland. Leaf protein ranged from 1.30–7.50 %; the highest values were from the genera Grewia, Momordica and Pouzolzia. High calcium sources were Corchorus spp., Grewia spp. and Pouzolzia parasitica. Plants with a high iron concentration included Corchorus spp., Ipomoea sp. and Zantedeschia sp. Wild leaves were the main dietary acc…
Legacy of the chameleon
This paper, the second of four, presents demographic characteristics for 211 adults and 140 school children surveyed in four ecological zones in the Kingdom of Swaziland. It identifies edible species recognized and consumed, and concludes with an analysis of edible plant use by ecological zone. Swaziland is culturally homogeneous: 90 % of persons interviewed were ethnic Swazi; 46 % had no formal education; 60 % of adults were born or had lived fo…
Geographical location, climate and weather, and magic
Dietary separation of meat and milk a cultural‐geogmaphical inquiry
The dietary separation of meat and milk, often considered unique to Judaism, is found in four widely separated regions: Southwest Asia, central Sahara, East Africa, and Southwest Africa. Hypotheses on the origins, development, and geographical distribution of the trait are examined using historical data. These data suggest that the trait is not specifically Jewish, but instead has evolved independently in at least two regions of Africa
Toxic quail
Archaeological, mythological, and historical evidence reveals a long association between European Migratory Quail (Cotumix cotumix cotumix) and human diet. Despite this evidence cotumix presents a toxic threat to potential consumers in several European and African regions. The authors trace the history of coturnism (poisoning by toxic quail) and examine Sergent's hypothesis that human poisoning by quail is due to cotumix consumption of hemlock (C…
Goat kraal gardens and plant domestication
Examination of abandoned goat kraals in the eastern Kalahari region of southern Africa reveals they are used as “gardens.” Some edible wild plant species sprouting within such gardens are transplanted inside household compounds and tended. The association between abandoned goat kraals, transplantation, and human food production parallels the “refuse dump” hypothesis of Edgar Anderson (1952) advanced to explain how plant domestication occurred. Th…
Kalahari agro‐pastoral‐hunter‐gatherers
Ecology, Evolution, and the Search for Cultural Origins
This paper examines the ecological explanation offered by Marvin Harris for the origin of pig prohibition in Islam, using the case to evaluate the functional-ecological paradigm and its treatment of cultural origins. Five majorpoints are addressed. First, a survey of the biological literature reveals that functional-ecological theory and evolutionary theory are distinct, but related. While functional ecology explains how systems work, evolutionar…
A Biocultural Approach to Salt Taboos
Cultural behavior, when viewed as an extrasomatic adaptation for humans, alters previous interpretations of taboos as harmless placations of the supernatural. If the adaptive premise is true, then one may expect to find that taboos either have, or at one time had, an adaptive significance. This paper examines the salt and salt-containing-food taboos that were prevalent among the Indians in the southeastern United States during the early historic …
Ecology, Evolution, and the Search for Cultural Origins
This paper examines the ecological explanation offered by Marvin Harris for the origin of pig prohibition in Islam, using the case to evaluate the functional-ecological paradigm and its treatment of cultural origins. Five majorpoints are addressed. First, a survey of the biological literature reveals that functional-ecological theory and evolutionary theory are distinct, but related. While functional ecology explains how systems work, evolutionar…
Geographical location, climate and weather, and magic
A Biocultural Approach to Salt Taboos
Cultural behavior, when viewed as an extrasomatic adaptation for humans, alters previous interpretations of taboos as harmless placations of the supernatural. If the adaptive premise is true, then one may expect to find that taboos either have, or at one time had, an adaptive significance. This paper examines the salt and salt-containing-food taboos that were prevalent among the Indians in the southeastern United States during the early historic …
A Biocultural Approach to Salt Taboos
Cultural behavior, when viewed as an extrasomatic adaptation for humans, alters previous interpretations of taboos as harmless placations of the supernatural. If the adaptive premise is true, then one may expect to find that taboos either have, or at one time had, an adaptive significance. This paper examines the salt and salt-containing-food taboos that were prevalent among the Indians in the southeastern United States during the early historic …
Ecology, Evolution, and the Search for Cultural Origins
This paper examines the ecological explanation offered by Marvin Harris for the origin of pig prohibition in Islam, using the case to evaluate the functional-ecological paradigm and its treatment of cultural origins. Five majorpoints are addressed. First, a survey of the biological literature reveals that functional-ecological theory and evolutionary theory are distinct, but related. While functional ecology explains how systems work, evolutionar…
Kalahari agro‐pastoral‐hunter‐gatherers
Dietary separation of meat and milk a cultural‐geogmaphical inquiry
The dietary separation of meat and milk, often considered unique to Judaism, is found in four widely separated regions: Southwest Asia, central Sahara, East Africa, and Southwest Africa. Hypotheses on the origins, development, and geographical distribution of the trait are examined using historical data. These data suggest that the trait is not specifically Jewish, but instead has evolved independently in at least two regions of Africa
Toxic quail
Archaeological, mythological, and historical evidence reveals a long association between European Migratory Quail (Cotumix cotumix cotumix) and human diet. Despite this evidence cotumix presents a toxic threat to potential consumers in several European and African regions. The authors trace the history of coturnism (poisoning by toxic quail) and examine Sergent's hypothesis that human poisoning by quail is due to cotumix consumption of hemlock (C…
Goat kraal gardens and plant domestication
Examination of abandoned goat kraals in the eastern Kalahari region of southern Africa reveals they are used as “gardens.” Some edible wild plant species sprouting within such gardens are transplanted inside household compounds and tended. The association between abandoned goat kraals, transplantation, and human food production parallels the “refuse dump” hypothesis of Edgar Anderson (1952) advanced to explain how plant domestication occurred. Th…
Geographical location, climate and weather, and magic
Legacy of the chameleon
This paper presents cultural and ecological data on division of labor, collection, storage and the use of edible wild plants. Primary responsibility for the collection of plants is with women. Most collecting occurs just before mealtime. Usually only enough for one meal is gathered. Swazi seldom mark favorite localities where wild plants are obtained; to do so is considered selfish. Of 211 adults surveyed, 50 cultivated edible wild species in hou…
Legacy of the chameleon
This paper presents objectives; methods; an introduction to the people, culture and diet of Swaziland, site for a cultural‐ecological study of edible wild plants. Swaziland is ethnically homogeneous, but environmentally diverse. Four distinct botanical zones are recognized: Highveld, Middleveld, Lowveld and Lubombo. Study objectives were to identify maintenance or abandonment of edible plant consumption by both Swazi adults and school children in…
Legacy of the chameleon
This paper presents proximate analysis, protein and mineral values for 29 important wild plant species consumed in Swaziland. Leaf protein ranged from 1.30–7.50 %; the highest values were from the genera Grewia, Momordica and Pouzolzia. High calcium sources were Corchorus spp., Grewia spp. and Pouzolzia parasitica. Plants with a high iron concentration included Corchorus spp., Ipomoea sp. and Zantedeschia sp. Wild leaves were the main dietary acc…
Legacy of the chameleon
This paper, the second of four, presents demographic characteristics for 211 adults and 140 school children surveyed in four ecological zones in the Kingdom of Swaziland. It identifies edible species recognized and consumed, and concludes with an analysis of edible plant use by ecological zone. Swaziland is culturally homogeneous: 90 % of persons interviewed were ethnic Swazi; 46 % had no formal education; 60 % of adults were born or had lived fo…
Reply to Dr. Oomen (vol. 19, page 1)
Alpine and Brazilian Swiss food patterns after a century of isolation
Food patterns of ethnic Swiss living in two ecologically distinct localities, Canton Obwalden, Switzerland, and Colonia Helvetia, Brazil, are compared. Both populations share a common bond of ancestry but express different food histories after Obwalden Swiss immigrated to Brazil in the 1850's. Obwalden Swiss food patterns characteristic of the mid‐19th century were identified using archive and library resources; contemporary food patterns at both…
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Biology (9 works) · Geography (9 works) · Ecology (7 works) · Archaeology (6 works) · African Botany and Ecology Studies (5 works) · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (5 works) · Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies (5 works) · History (4 works) · History (4 works) · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (4 works)