Dormancy and Revitalization: The fate of ethnobotanical knowledge of camel forage among Sahrawi nomads and refugees of Western Sahara [PDF]
Knowledge about forage is fundamental to the survival of pastoral populations around the world. In this paper, we address the knowledge of camel forage of Sahrawi nomads and refugees of Western Sahara.
Puri, Rajindra K., Volpato, Gabriele
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A estética da produção: o senso de comunidade entre os Cubeo e os Piaroa
Este artigo procura recuperar a concepção de "senso de comunidade" de Vico - que incorpora o julgamento estético à lei moralidade - para compreender o que é "o social" para os índios da floresta tropical sul-americana.
Joanna Overing
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Autonomous partners: asymmetry and masculinity in Amazonian river trade
Abstract Trade on the Iriri River, in the eastern Brazilian Amazonia, is structured around a credit‐barter system between clients and bosses known as aviamento in Portuguese. Nowadays, bosses are river traders born in the riversides who offer goods on credit to riverside dwellers, who later pay these debts with fish and products they collect from the ...
Vinicius de Aguiar Furuie
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Discovery of three genotypes of Discorea trifida grown in Venezuelan Amazons with quite low-amylose starch: 1. Physical attributes and proximate composition of the tubers and characterization of its waxy starches [PDF]
Yam Dioscorea trifida, is an economical and cultural important crop for indigenous from Amazon region of South America. These crops could be a potential supply of starch that would be good source for different food industries. Nonetheless, is very little
Dufour, Dominique +6 more
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Abstract Many Americans believe that a breakdown in the “traditional” two‐married‐parent family and the rise in single‐parent families are responsible for persistent family inequality. The general argument is that children do best when they are raised by both biological parents.
Caroline Sanner +5 more
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Pre-colonial institutions and socioeconomic development: The case of Latin America [PDF]
We study the effects of pre-colonial institutions on present-day socioeconomic outcomes for Latin America. Our thesis is that more advanced pre-colonial institutions relate to better socioeconomic outcomes today. We advance that pre-colonial institutions
Angeles, Luis, Elizalde, Aldo
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Regeneración in vitro de plantas de piña (Ananas comosus) ecotipo amazónico Gobernadora
En Venezuela existen cultivares y ecotipos de piña (A. comosus) de importancia local, entre ellos los amazónicos, cultivados principalmente por los aborígenes Piaroa.
Héctor Alexander Blanco Flores +2 more
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I Piaroa, attivita' economiche
Forno Mario. I Piaroa, attivita' economiche. In: Journal de la Société des Américanistes. Tome 56 n°2, 1967. pp. 388-409.
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A typology of denominal verb formation strategies
Abstract This article aims to fill a gap in the typological literature by discussing the typology of overt denominal verb formation strategies, that is, morphosyntactic strategies other than conversion/zero‐derivation that are used to derive a verb from a nominal base.
Simone Mattiola, Andrea Sansò
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Indígenas y científicos: juntos hacia la conservación de la biodiversidad [PDF]
Desde 2001 la Universidad de Málaga colabora con comunidades del Estado Amazonas de Venezuela para mejorar la situación medioambiental en espacios habitados por estos pueblos.
Real, Raimundo
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