... So our old men went with their spears and bolos to the camp of the engineers. ... The Cordill... more ... So our old men went with their spears and bolos to the camp of the engineers. ... The Cordillera Executive Board (CEB) was also created in 1988, but as initially established under the executive directorship of Marcelino Delson it was without any indi.genous Cordillerans. ...
... Brown stresses that the five life-form taxa ap-pearing in his lexical encoding sequence stood... more ... Brown stresses that the five life-form taxa ap-pearing in his lexical encoding sequence stood “apart from most other categories ... Life-form Wopkaimin term Content MAMMAL nuk Mammals other than human, pig, dog, bats, and sugar glider (Petaurus brcwiceps): 3 intermediate ...
Pandanus is well represented in Papua New Guinea with over 66 species growing from sea level to 3... more Pandanus is well represented in Papua New Guinea with over 66 species growing from sea level to 3,000 m. The territory of the Wopkaimin, who live at the headwaters of the Ok Tedi in the Star and Hindenburg Mountains, is particularly rich in wild and domesticated species ofPandanus. Detailed analysis of the species in classification, ecology, subsistence, ritual and material culture not only establishesPandanus as a locally significant plant resource but also contributes to the comparative understanding of ethnobiological systems. A close correspondence with botanical taxa of generic and specific rank and an absence of the most inclusive taxon term for plant are 2 cross-culturally important findings substantiated in WopkaiminPandanus taxonomy.
An ancient, sustainable, and low risk Colocasiataro monoculture has persisted until modern times ... more An ancient, sustainable, and low risk Colocasiataro monoculture has persisted until modern times among the Mountain Ok peoples of central New Guinea. There is a monoculture-polyculture axis in the region with taro monocultures predominant in the rain forests of the mid-altitude fringe. We argue that when examined from the standpoint of ecosystem simplification, biological variability, and subsistence vulnerability, the taro monocultures exhibit many ecological and systemic properties commonly attributed to polycultures. Monoculture is not an exclusive category; specific cases must be placed in a broader context of the larger ecosystem and the options people have at their disposal. Reduction of the taro monoculture is occurring in response to modernization pressures.
The Wopkaimin are a population of hunter-horticulturalists who live near the Upper Fly River in P... more The Wopkaimin are a population of hunter-horticulturalists who live near the Upper Fly River in Papua New Guinea. In this paper, ecosystem heterogeneity is related to diversity of strategies in the Wopkaimin subsistence system. Subsistence subsystems of shifting cultivation, silviculture, gathering, pig raising, hunting, fishing, and collecting are associated with 11 biotopes. Biotopes are useful descriptive categories for subsistence ecological research and they are recognized Wopkaimin emic categories, having cognitive and behavioral consequences. The relationship of the Wopkaimin population to other biota in the ecosystem is shown to be related to a very steep biotope gradient.
... So our old men went with their spears and bolos to the camp of the engineers. ... The Cordill... more ... So our old men went with their spears and bolos to the camp of the engineers. ... The Cordillera Executive Board (CEB) was also created in 1988, but as initially established under the executive directorship of Marcelino Delson it was without any indi.genous Cordillerans. ...
... Brown stresses that the five life-form taxa ap-pearing in his lexical encoding sequence stood... more ... Brown stresses that the five life-form taxa ap-pearing in his lexical encoding sequence stood “apart from most other categories ... Life-form Wopkaimin term Content MAMMAL nuk Mammals other than human, pig, dog, bats, and sugar glider (Petaurus brcwiceps): 3 intermediate ...
Pandanus is well represented in Papua New Guinea with over 66 species growing from sea level to 3... more Pandanus is well represented in Papua New Guinea with over 66 species growing from sea level to 3,000 m. The territory of the Wopkaimin, who live at the headwaters of the Ok Tedi in the Star and Hindenburg Mountains, is particularly rich in wild and domesticated species ofPandanus. Detailed analysis of the species in classification, ecology, subsistence, ritual and material culture not only establishesPandanus as a locally significant plant resource but also contributes to the comparative understanding of ethnobiological systems. A close correspondence with botanical taxa of generic and specific rank and an absence of the most inclusive taxon term for plant are 2 cross-culturally important findings substantiated in WopkaiminPandanus taxonomy.
An ancient, sustainable, and low risk Colocasiataro monoculture has persisted until modern times ... more An ancient, sustainable, and low risk Colocasiataro monoculture has persisted until modern times among the Mountain Ok peoples of central New Guinea. There is a monoculture-polyculture axis in the region with taro monocultures predominant in the rain forests of the mid-altitude fringe. We argue that when examined from the standpoint of ecosystem simplification, biological variability, and subsistence vulnerability, the taro monocultures exhibit many ecological and systemic properties commonly attributed to polycultures. Monoculture is not an exclusive category; specific cases must be placed in a broader context of the larger ecosystem and the options people have at their disposal. Reduction of the taro monoculture is occurring in response to modernization pressures.
The Wopkaimin are a population of hunter-horticulturalists who live near the Upper Fly River in P... more The Wopkaimin are a population of hunter-horticulturalists who live near the Upper Fly River in Papua New Guinea. In this paper, ecosystem heterogeneity is related to diversity of strategies in the Wopkaimin subsistence system. Subsistence subsystems of shifting cultivation, silviculture, gathering, pig raising, hunting, fishing, and collecting are associated with 11 biotopes. Biotopes are useful descriptive categories for subsistence ecological research and they are recognized Wopkaimin emic categories, having cognitive and behavioral consequences. The relationship of the Wopkaimin population to other biota in the ecosystem is shown to be related to a very steep biotope gradient.
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