Historical ethnobiology
Front Cover -- HISTORICAL ETHNOBIOLOGY -- HISTORICAL ETHNOBIOLOGY -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- One - Introduction -- 1. Initial considerations -- 2. History and development of ethnobiology -- 2.1 Preclassical period (XIX-1950), Clément (1998)/First phase, Hunn (2007) -- 2.2 Classical period (1950-80), Clément (1998)/Second and Third phases, Hunn (2007) -- 2.3 Postclassical period (after the 1980s), Clément (1998)/Fourth phase, Hunn (2007) -- 2.4 Fifth phase of ethnobiology, Wolverton (2013) -- 3. Historical development of ethnobotany -- 3.1 Evolution of the scientific concepts of ethnobotany -- 3.1.1 Changes in the interpretation of ethnobotany in the course of history -- 3.2 Brief comment about the history of the development of ethnobotany -- 3.2.1 Botany, ethnobotany, and explorers in the New World -- 3.2.2 Ethnobotany as a new academic discipline -- 4. Brief synthesis -- References -- Two - Defining historical ethnobiology -- 1. Theoretical matrix and concept of historical ethnobiology -- 2. Related knowledge areas to make possible historical ethnobiology research -- 3. Themes of interest of historical ethnobiology -- References -- Three - Documents that reveal the interactions between people and nature -- 1. The logical meaning of the terms involved in the documentary analysis for ethnobiology -- 2. Interaction between people and elements of nature -- 2.1 Comments on the origins of the knowledge about medicinal virtues of the species -- 2.1.1 Techniques for discovering useful species as medicine -- 2.1.1.1 Technique of nature observation -- 2.1.1.2 Technique of random attempt of hit and error -- 2.1.1.3 Technique of animal observation -- 2.1.1.4 Technique of contact between cultures -- 2.1.1.5 Technique of expert's experimentation.