We compare past and present systems of management of palms in the Colombian Amazon, based on archaeological studies of preceramic groups in the middle Caquetá region and ethnographic research on the nomadic Nukak people, who inhabit northeastern Guaviare department. Astrocaryum aculeatum, Attalea maripe, Mauritia flexuosa, Oenocarpus bataua, Oenocarpus bacaba y Oenocarpus mapora, have been used from the early Holocene through the present time. Among these, Oenocarpus bataua has remained the most important food species. We conclude that one of the mananging strategies of the tropical rain forest is the simultaneous improvement of ecological units, especially in the tertiary sedimentary plains, and that such management probably has a long his...
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Elsevier via the DOI in ...
SOSNOWSKA, Joanna, RAMIREZ, Darmaso y MILLÁN, Betty. Palmeras usadas por los indígenas Asháninkas en...
The Amazon basin is considered nowadays amongst the lasts “green lungs” on Earth. This region has be...
The role of plants in early human migrations across the globe has received little attention compared...
RESUMENSe realizó un estudio etnobotánico en una comunidad indígena Piapoco en ...
We studied the knowledge and use of palms in three indigenous communities (Angostura, Curare and Yuk...
This paper addresses a topic highlighted in recent arguments by Amazonian scholars: the extent to wh...
The role of plants in early human migrations across the globe has received little attention compared...
Aim: In Amazonia, 227 of c. 16,000 tree species account for half the individual trees (termed ‘hyper...
Aim: Palms are iconic and dominant elements of neotropical forests. In the Amazon region, palms have...
En el Chocó las palmas son importantes, tanto en la estructura del bosque, como en la subsistencia d...
In this paper we present traditional knowledge and importance of palms in Ashaninka people�s life. Q...
We studied the management of the fiber-producing chambira palm Astrocaryum chambira by indigenous pe...
Este trabajo de investigación se llevó a cabo en el departamento del Guaviare, en la serranía de La ...
After the 1990s, with increasing scientific evidence for widespread human interference on Amazonian ...
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Elsevier via the DOI in ...
SOSNOWSKA, Joanna, RAMIREZ, Darmaso y MILLÁN, Betty. Palmeras usadas por los indígenas Asháninkas en...
The Amazon basin is considered nowadays amongst the lasts “green lungs” on Earth. This region has be...
The role of plants in early human migrations across the globe has received little attention compared...
RESUMENSe realizó un estudio etnobotánico en una comunidad indígena Piapoco en ...
We studied the knowledge and use of palms in three indigenous communities (Angostura, Curare and Yuk...
This paper addresses a topic highlighted in recent arguments by Amazonian scholars: the extent to wh...
The role of plants in early human migrations across the globe has received little attention compared...
Aim: In Amazonia, 227 of c. 16,000 tree species account for half the individual trees (termed ‘hyper...
Aim: Palms are iconic and dominant elements of neotropical forests. In the Amazon region, palms have...
En el Chocó las palmas son importantes, tanto en la estructura del bosque, como en la subsistencia d...
In this paper we present traditional knowledge and importance of palms in Ashaninka people�s life. Q...
We studied the management of the fiber-producing chambira palm Astrocaryum chambira by indigenous pe...
Este trabajo de investigación se llevó a cabo en el departamento del Guaviare, en la serranía de La ...
After the 1990s, with increasing scientific evidence for widespread human interference on Amazonian ...
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Elsevier via the DOI in ...
SOSNOWSKA, Joanna, RAMIREZ, Darmaso y MILLÁN, Betty. Palmeras usadas por los indígenas Asháninkas en...
The Amazon basin is considered nowadays amongst the lasts “green lungs” on Earth. This region has be...