Mark Bonta
Biographic Data
| ID | 408881 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark Bonta |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark |
| FAMILY NAME | Bonta |
| SIGNATURE | BONTA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Delta State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 137 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Mind-altering Cycads? Preliminary Evidence of Psychoactive Effects in Cycadales
This article examines historical and contemporary evidence for the importance of cycads as sources of psychoactive experiences for ritual and recreational purposes. Methods used include critical analysis and comparison of published and gray literature as well as ethnographic accounts gathered by the author in Mexico and South Africa. The consumption of cycad parts (pollen, coralloid root, and caudex) to derive an intentional psychoactive effect a…
From Black Magic to Black Flags: Social Uses and Symbolic Lexicons of Cycads in Vanuatu
The paper reviews nondietary uses and symbolic connotations of cycads ( Cycas seemannii) in Vanuatu, relying on data from ethnographic studies, anthropological literature, and local media reports. The authors focus on the uses of cycads in magical practices, in grade-taking ceremonies and traditional land tenure, in reconciliation and peace-making, in tabooing and emblematization of chiefly authority, and in the symbolism of political movements a…
Toxic Harvest: Chamal Cycad ( Dioon edule ) Food Culture in Xi'Iuy Indigenous Communities of San Luis Potosi, Mexico
We documented harvesting, food preparation, and toxic risks of the poisonous chamal cycad, Dioon edule , in San Luis Potosi state, Mexico—one of a handful of places in Latin America where cycad eating persists. In Xi'iuy ethnic communities of the Pamería region, cycad consumption has long been intimately associated with cultural identity. The chamal food preparation process is protracted and difficult. Cooks seek to fully eliminate deadly toxins …
Ethnobotany of Mexican and northern Central American cycads (Zamiaceae)
BACKGROUND: This study documents cycad-human relationships in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras over the last 6000 years. The impetus was acute need for a better understanding of previously undocumented uses of cycads in this region, and the need to improve cycad conservation strategies using ethnobotanical data. We hypothesized that cycads are significant dietary items with no long-term neurological effects, are important to r…
Deleuze and Geophilosophy: A Guide and Glossary
Deleuze and Geophilosophy: A Guide and Glossary offers a comprehensive overview of Gilles Deleuze's geophilosophy, providing clear explanations of key concepts and their applications. The book explores Deleuze's engagement with geographical thought, demonstrating how his philosophy can be used to understand spatial relations, territoriality, and the relationship between humans and the environment. It serves as both an introductory guide and a val…
The Lost City of the Monkey God, A True Story; Jungleland
Douglas Preston. New York, NY: Grand Central, 2017. viii and 326 pp., photos, sources and bibliography, index. $28.00 cloth (ISBN 978-1-4555-4000-6).Christopher S. Stewart. New York, NY: HarperColl
Intentional Fire-Spreading by "Firehawk" Raptors in Northern Australia
We document Indigenous Ecological Knowledge and non-Indigenous observations of intentional fire-spreading by the fire-foraging raptors Black Kite (Milvus migrans), Whistling Kite (Haliastur sphenurus), and Brown Falcon (Falco berigora) in tropical Australian savannas. Observers report both solo and cooperative attempts, often successful, to spread wildfires intentionally via single-occasion or repeated transport of burning sticks in talons or bea…
Use Value of Food Plants in the Xi’iuy Indigenous Community of Las Guapas, Rayon, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Native communities’ erosion of ethnobotanical knowledge of food plants is a global concern. This investigation focuses on a Xi’iuy community in the Sierra Madre Oriental, San Luís Potosí, México. A total of 21 randomly-selected families participated (22% of the total population). The 56 people who were interviewed—an average of 2.7 per family-- were separated into four groups (fathers, mothers, single sons, single daughters). To investigate the u…
Use Value of Food Plants in the Xi'iuy Indigenous Community of Las Guapas, Rayon, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Native communities’ erosion of ethnobotanical knowledge of food plants is a global concern. This investigation focuses on a Xi’iuy community in the Sierra Madre Oriental, San Luís Potosí, México. A total of 21 randomly-selected families participated (22% of the total population). The 56 people who were interviewed—an average of 2.7 per family-- were separated into four groups (fathers, mothers, single sons, single daughters). To investigate the u…
Beyond Displacement: Campesinos, Refugees, and Collective Action in the Salvadoran Civil War
Cycad Conservation, Peasant Subsistence, and the Military Coup in Honduras
In rural Honduras, collaborating U.S. and Honduran researchers have elucidated indigenous technical knowledge and customs surrounding local uses for, and conservation of, an endemic cycad—Dioon mejiae Standl. & L. O. Williams (Zamiaceae)—that is an important food source for the lowest economic stratum of local society. Dissemination of research findings within the region has produced positive outcomes for the cycad's conservation without undermin…
Rhizome of Boehme and Deleuze: Esoteric Precursors of the God of Complexity
Rhizome of Boehme and DeleuzeEsoteric Precursors of the God of Complexity Mark Bonta (bio) 1. Deleuze and the Occult Though it has been claimed that Deleuze sought to delink his thought from all religion (Bryden), a close examination of his major writings, as well as his collaborative work with Guattari, shows that he was closely attuned to the subterranean mystical currents that pervade Western religiosity, often running counter to the dogmas of…
Ornithophilia: Thoughts on Geography in Birding
The deeper motives of bird‐watchers have rarely been subjected to geographical inquiry. Birders are sometimes dismissed as hobbyists bent on compensating for feelings of inadequacy and lack of control in their personal lives. In this article, utilizing textual references as well as experiences from my own participant‐observer status as geographer‐cum‐birder and bird‐tour leader, I construct a geographically oriented approach to understanding the …
Deleuze and Space by Ian Buchanan and Gregg Lambert
Key Words: Deleuzegeographic philosophyspatial concepts
Ethnobotany and Conservation of Tiusinte (Dioon Mejiae Standl. & l.o. Williams, Zamiaceae) in Northeastern Honduras
This paper describes the significance of the arborescent cycad “tiusinte” to Honduran culture. Dioon mejiae is a wild food that supplements maize-bean diets for an estimated 33,000 indigenous and mestizo Hondurans. Female cones are harvested for their seeds, which are processed and made into tamales, tortillas, and other products. Leaves are used for a variety of Catholic celebrations; minor uses of the leaves and female cone parts also persist. …
Ethnobotany and Conservation of Tiusinte ( Dioon Mejiae Standl. & L.O. Williams, Zamiaceae) in Northeastern Honduras
This paper describes the significance of the arborescent cycad “tiusinte” to Honduran culture. Dioon mejiae is a wild food that supplements maize-bean diets for an estimated 33,000 indigenous and mestizo Hondurans. Female cones are harvested for their seeds, which are processed and made into tamales, tortillas, and other products. Leaves are used for a variety of Catholic celebrations; minor uses of the leaves and female cone parts also persist. …
Death Toll One: An Ethnography of Hydropower and Human Rights Violations in Honduras
Becoming-forest, becoming-local: Transformations of a protected area in Honduras
Deleuze and Geophilosophy: A Guide and Glossary
Deleuze and Geophilosophy: A Guide and Glossary offers a comprehensive overview of Gilles Deleuze's geophilosophy, providing clear explanations of key concepts and their applications. The book explores Deleuze's engagement with geographical thought, demonstrating how his philosophy can be used to understand spatial relations, territoriality, and the relationship between humans and the environment. It serves as both an introductory guide and a val…
Intentional Fire-Spreading by "Firehawk" Raptors in Northern Australia
We document Indigenous Ecological Knowledge and non-Indigenous observations of intentional fire-spreading by the fire-foraging raptors Black Kite (Milvus migrans), Whistling Kite (Haliastur sphenurus), and Brown Falcon (Falco berigora) in tropical Australian savannas. Observers report both solo and cooperative attempts, often successful, to spread wildfires intentionally via single-occasion or repeated transport of burning sticks in talons or bea…
Becoming-forest, becoming-local: Transformations of a protected area in Honduras
Ornithophilia: Thoughts on Geography in Birding
The deeper motives of bird‐watchers have rarely been subjected to geographical inquiry. Birders are sometimes dismissed as hobbyists bent on compensating for feelings of inadequacy and lack of control in their personal lives. In this article, utilizing textual references as well as experiences from my own participant‐observer status as geographer‐cum‐birder and bird‐tour leader, I construct a geographically oriented approach to understanding the …
Ethnobotany of Mexican and northern Central American cycads (Zamiaceae)
BACKGROUND: This study documents cycad-human relationships in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras over the last 6000 years. The impetus was acute need for a better understanding of previously undocumented uses of cycads in this region, and the need to improve cycad conservation strategies using ethnobotanical data. We hypothesized that cycads are significant dietary items with no long-term neurological effects, are important to r…
Death Toll One: An Ethnography of Hydropower and Human Rights Violations in Honduras
Use Value of Food Plants in the Xi'iuy Indigenous Community of Las Guapas, Rayon, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Native communities’ erosion of ethnobotanical knowledge of food plants is a global concern. This investigation focuses on a Xi’iuy community in the Sierra Madre Oriental, San Luís Potosí, México. A total of 21 randomly-selected families participated (22% of the total population). The 56 people who were interviewed—an average of 2.7 per family-- were separated into four groups (fathers, mothers, single sons, single daughters). To investigate the u…
Beyond Displacement: Campesinos, Refugees, and Collective Action in the Salvadoran Civil War
Cycad Conservation, Peasant Subsistence, and the Military Coup in Honduras
In rural Honduras, collaborating U.S. and Honduran researchers have elucidated indigenous technical knowledge and customs surrounding local uses for, and conservation of, an endemic cycad—Dioon mejiae Standl. & L. O. Williams (Zamiaceae)—that is an important food source for the lowest economic stratum of local society. Dissemination of research findings within the region has produced positive outcomes for the cycad's conservation without undermin…
Use Value of Food Plants in the Xi’iuy Indigenous Community of Las Guapas, Rayon, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Native communities’ erosion of ethnobotanical knowledge of food plants is a global concern. This investigation focuses on a Xi’iuy community in the Sierra Madre Oriental, San Luís Potosí, México. A total of 21 randomly-selected families participated (22% of the total population). The 56 people who were interviewed—an average of 2.7 per family-- were separated into four groups (fathers, mothers, single sons, single daughters). To investigate the u…
Death Toll One: An Ethnography of Hydropower and Human Rights Violations in Honduras
Becoming-forest, becoming-local: Transformations of a protected area in Honduras
Ethnobotany and Conservation of Tiusinte (Dioon Mejiae Standl. & l.o. Williams, Zamiaceae) in Northeastern Honduras
This paper describes the significance of the arborescent cycad “tiusinte” to Honduran culture. Dioon mejiae is a wild food that supplements maize-bean diets for an estimated 33,000 indigenous and mestizo Hondurans. Female cones are harvested for their seeds, which are processed and made into tamales, tortillas, and other products. Leaves are used for a variety of Catholic celebrations; minor uses of the leaves and female cone parts also persist. …
Ethnobotany and Conservation of Tiusinte ( Dioon Mejiae Standl. & L.O. Williams, Zamiaceae) in Northeastern Honduras
This paper describes the significance of the arborescent cycad “tiusinte” to Honduran culture. Dioon mejiae is a wild food that supplements maize-bean diets for an estimated 33,000 indigenous and mestizo Hondurans. Female cones are harvested for their seeds, which are processed and made into tamales, tortillas, and other products. Leaves are used for a variety of Catholic celebrations; minor uses of the leaves and female cone parts also persist. …
Deleuze and Space by Ian Buchanan and Gregg Lambert
Key Words: Deleuzegeographic philosophyspatial concepts
Cycad Conservation, Peasant Subsistence, and the Military Coup in Honduras
In rural Honduras, collaborating U.S. and Honduran researchers have elucidated indigenous technical knowledge and customs surrounding local uses for, and conservation of, an endemic cycad—Dioon mejiae Standl. & L. O. Williams (Zamiaceae)—that is an important food source for the lowest economic stratum of local society. Dissemination of research findings within the region has produced positive outcomes for the cycad's conservation without undermin…
Rhizome of Boehme and Deleuze: Esoteric Precursors of the God of Complexity
Rhizome of Boehme and DeleuzeEsoteric Precursors of the God of Complexity Mark Bonta (bio) 1. Deleuze and the Occult Though it has been claimed that Deleuze sought to delink his thought from all religion (Bryden), a close examination of his major writings, as well as his collaborative work with Guattari, shows that he was closely attuned to the subterranean mystical currents that pervade Western religiosity, often running counter to the dogmas of…
Ornithophilia: Thoughts on Geography in Birding
The deeper motives of bird‐watchers have rarely been subjected to geographical inquiry. Birders are sometimes dismissed as hobbyists bent on compensating for feelings of inadequacy and lack of control in their personal lives. In this article, utilizing textual references as well as experiences from my own participant‐observer status as geographer‐cum‐birder and bird‐tour leader, I construct a geographically oriented approach to understanding the …
Beyond Displacement: Campesinos, Refugees, and Collective Action in the Salvadoran Civil War
Use Value of Food Plants in the Xi’iuy Indigenous Community of Las Guapas, Rayon, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Native communities’ erosion of ethnobotanical knowledge of food plants is a global concern. This investigation focuses on a Xi’iuy community in the Sierra Madre Oriental, San Luís Potosí, México. A total of 21 randomly-selected families participated (22% of the total population). The 56 people who were interviewed—an average of 2.7 per family-- were separated into four groups (fathers, mothers, single sons, single daughters). To investigate the u…
Use Value of Food Plants in the Xi'iuy Indigenous Community of Las Guapas, Rayon, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Native communities’ erosion of ethnobotanical knowledge of food plants is a global concern. This investigation focuses on a Xi’iuy community in the Sierra Madre Oriental, San Luís Potosí, México. A total of 21 randomly-selected families participated (22% of the total population). The 56 people who were interviewed—an average of 2.7 per family-- were separated into four groups (fathers, mothers, single sons, single daughters). To investigate the u…
The Lost City of the Monkey God, A True Story; Jungleland
Douglas Preston. New York, NY: Grand Central, 2017. viii and 326 pp., photos, sources and bibliography, index. $28.00 cloth (ISBN 978-1-4555-4000-6).Christopher S. Stewart. New York, NY: HarperColl
Intentional Fire-Spreading by "Firehawk" Raptors in Northern Australia
We document Indigenous Ecological Knowledge and non-Indigenous observations of intentional fire-spreading by the fire-foraging raptors Black Kite (Milvus migrans), Whistling Kite (Haliastur sphenurus), and Brown Falcon (Falco berigora) in tropical Australian savannas. Observers report both solo and cooperative attempts, often successful, to spread wildfires intentionally via single-occasion or repeated transport of burning sticks in talons or bea…
Ethnobotany of Mexican and northern Central American cycads (Zamiaceae)
BACKGROUND: This study documents cycad-human relationships in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras over the last 6000 years. The impetus was acute need for a better understanding of previously undocumented uses of cycads in this region, and the need to improve cycad conservation strategies using ethnobotanical data. We hypothesized that cycads are significant dietary items with no long-term neurological effects, are important to r…
Deleuze and Geophilosophy: A Guide and Glossary
Deleuze and Geophilosophy: A Guide and Glossary offers a comprehensive overview of Gilles Deleuze's geophilosophy, providing clear explanations of key concepts and their applications. The book explores Deleuze's engagement with geographical thought, demonstrating how his philosophy can be used to understand spatial relations, territoriality, and the relationship between humans and the environment. It serves as both an introductory guide and a val…
Toxic Harvest: Chamal Cycad ( Dioon edule ) Food Culture in Xi'Iuy Indigenous Communities of San Luis Potosi, Mexico
We documented harvesting, food preparation, and toxic risks of the poisonous chamal cycad, Dioon edule , in San Luis Potosi state, Mexico—one of a handful of places in Latin America where cycad eating persists. In Xi'iuy ethnic communities of the Pamería region, cycad consumption has long been intimately associated with cultural identity. The chamal food preparation process is protracted and difficult. Cooks seek to fully eliminate deadly toxins …
Mind-altering Cycads? Preliminary Evidence of Psychoactive Effects in Cycadales
This article examines historical and contemporary evidence for the importance of cycads as sources of psychoactive experiences for ritual and recreational purposes. Methods used include critical analysis and comparison of published and gray literature as well as ethnographic accounts gathered by the author in Mexico and South Africa. The consumption of cycad parts (pollen, coralloid root, and caudex) to derive an intentional psychoactive effect a…
From Black Magic to Black Flags: Social Uses and Symbolic Lexicons of Cycads in Vanuatu
The paper reviews nondietary uses and symbolic connotations of cycads ( Cycas seemannii) in Vanuatu, relying on data from ethnographic studies, anthropological literature, and local media reports. The authors focus on the uses of cycads in magical practices, in grade-taking ceremonies and traditional land tenure, in reconciliation and peace-making, in tabooing and emblematization of chiefly authority, and in the symbolism of political movements a…
Ecology (9 works) · Geography (9 works) · Biology (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Botany and Geology in Latin America and Caribbean (6 works) · Indigenous (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · Cycad (5 works) · Law (5 works)