Scott atran 1952 (1 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. 633-700 pages with photographs, figures, tables and cited references. Quarto (11" x 8 1/4") bound in original publisher's wrappers. Current Anthropology Volume 34, Number 5 complete issue. First edition. This article addresses the modern-day Itza of Petén in Guatemala, and how they utilize a system of 'multicropping' and forest tending. Their agriculture and forestry practices have links to prehistoric Mayan systemsby incorporating these practices, they sustain their culture as well as conserve the forests around them. Persistence of Itza Maya culture through this agro-forestry is now threatened by the encroachment on forests by modern civilization: loggers, farmers, modern cattle operations, et cetera. Condition: Light edge wear, corners bumped, rubbed and creased else very good.…