The implications of folk soil taxonomies for agricultural change in Middle America

Benchmark 1990

Auteur :
DUNNING, N. P.

Description :
« Ethnopedology », i.e. the folk perception and use of soil, is discussed here for Mayan and Spanish-speaking peasants in tropical lowland Mexico, Guatemala and Belize. Their folk soil taxonomies are interpreted as indicators of successful adaptation of farming systems.―(DWG)


Type de document :
Article de monographie

Source :
Yearbook, Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers, 1992, vol. 17-18, p. 243-247, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 35 réf.

Date :
1992

Editeur :
Pays édition : Etats-Unis