This essay, which is the 6(th) in the series "Recollections, Reflections, and Revelations: Ethnobiologists and Their First Time in the Field", is a personal reflection by the researcher on his first field experiences with ethnobiology. Author writes on how Hungarian herders in the Hortobágy salt steppes and Csángó people in the Carpathian mountains changed his views on landscape, vegetation, lo...

Archaeological research in Central Eurasia is exposing unprecedented scales of trans-regional interaction and technology transfer between East Asia and southwest Asia deep into the prehistoric past. This article presents a new archaeobotanical analysis from pastoralist campsites in the mountain and desert regions of Central Eurasia that documents the oldest known evidence for domesticated grain...

This study assessed the livelihood implication of artisanal mining on herders in Jema’a and Sanga local government areas Kaduna state, Nigeria, with a view to providing information for sustainable living. Data this was collected through questionnaire survey, in-depth interview direct field observation. The result showed that are involved due economic hardship/poverty, quick/high income generati...

In social-learning environments, we investigate implications of the assumption that people naively believe that each previous person’s action reflects solely that person’s private information, leading them to systematically imitate all predecessors even in the many circumstances where rational agents do not. Naive herders inadvertently over-weight early movers’ private signals by neglecting tha...

Cattle raiding, a longstanding practice among pastoralists in South Sudan, was historically governed by cultural authorities and ritual prohibitions. However, after decades of on-and-off integration into armed forces, raiders are now heavily armed, and military-style attacks claim dozens if not hundreds of lives at a time. Beginning with the emergence of the infamous Lou Nuer “White Army” in th...

Book details Ptáčková, Jarmila Exile from the Grasslands: Tibetan Herders and Chinese Development Projects Seattle, WA: The University of Washington Press, 2020 Pp. 188 ISBN: 9780295748191

Abstract Herders (also known as surface collecting agents) are made of active compounds (surfactants). They reduce the tension water and thereby change spreading behavior immiscible liquids, such an oil slick, floating on surface. Oil slicks that have spread too thin to burn can be re-thickened if herders sprayed around a slick. Once slick is thickened, it amenable in situ burning without need ...

OBJECTIVES To explore experiences of what it is to be a young male Sami reindeer herder in Sweden, a group with previously known stigma and specific health issues, and to understand experiences in perspective of mental health. METHODS A qualitative content analysis was employed. Data were collected by in-depth interviews with 15 strategically selected reindeer herders aged 18-35 years old. ...

BACKGROUND The Suleiman mountainous region is an important cradle of animal domestication and the habitat of many indigenous livestock breeds. The dromedary camel is a highly appreciated and valued animal and represents an important genetic resource. Camel herders, living in remote areas, have developed their own ways to treat diseases in camels, based on a long time of experience. METHODS In...

The people of northwestern Alaska have had a long relationship with local populations of Rangifer tarandus. During the last 200 years this relationship has changed from one of subsistence to overexploitation of caribou (the name for wild reindeer in North America), to commercial livestock production of semi domesticated reindeer and now may be returning to a subsistence economy based on caribou...