LIBROS DEL AUTOR: brent berlin

2 resultados para LIBROS DEL AUTOR: brent berlin

  • Medical Ethnobiology of the Highland Maya of Chiapas, Mexico
    Brent Berlin / Elois Ann Berlin
    Whereas most previous work on Maya healing has focused on ritual and symbolism, this book presents evidence that confirms the scientific foundations of traditional Maya medicine. Data drawn from analysis of the medical practices of two Mayan-speaking peoples, the Tzeltal and Tzotzil, reveal that they have developed a large number of herbal remedies based on a highly sophisticat...
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    135,51 €

  • Ethnobiological Classification
    Brent Berlin
    A founder of and leading thinker in the field of modern ethnobiology looks at the widespread regularities in the classification and naming of plants and animals among peoples of traditional, nonliterate societies--regularities that persist across local environments, cultures, societies, and languages. Brent Berlin maintains that these patterns can best be explained by the simil...
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    74,46 €