Ethnozoology

Ethnozoology

Ethnozoology is the study of the past and present interrelationships between human cultures and the animals in their environment. [ [http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/ethnoarchaeology/ethnozoology/index.shtml Ethnozoology Index ] ] It includes classification and naming of zoological forms, cultural knowedge and use of wild and domestic animals. [Johnson, Leslie Main. Ethnobiology - Traditional Biological Knowledge in Contemporary Global Context. Anthropology 491 study guide, Athabasca University 2002. p. 71] It is one of the main subdisciplines of ethnobiology and shares many methodologies and theoretical frameworks with ethnobotany.

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