Hunting
Kampo: ethnography of a Southamerican frog
By: GIORGIO SAMORINI – The rubbing of the secretions of certain tree frogs on skin scars is a widespread practice among at least fifteen ethnic groups in the Amazon. The most commonly used frog species is Phyllomedusa bicolor, commonly known as kampo or kambo. Over the past thirty years, this practice has spread globally, with…
Essere Cacciatori. Analisi del significato della pratica venatoria e della relazione ambientale tra i cacciatori del Piemonte meridionale
By: MICHELE FILIPPO FONTEFRANCESCO, ELISA CORDARA – This article explores contemporary hunting in Italy and the meanings associated with this practice among hunters in southern Piedmont. Based on case-study research, the article analyzes the value system of the hunters and highlights competition between different ways of understanding the hunting practice. The hunter is understood at…
Indigenous Knowledge System Associated with Hunting among the Padams of Arunachal Pradesh, India
By: QUEENBALA MARAK, JINTU KALITA – Hunting is an important economic activity worldwide. However due to many conservation efforts it has gone down tremendously in regions that were once dominantly hunting. However, in Arunachal Pradesh in North-East India, hunting still continues to a large extent. It is one of the favorite activities of the studied…
Un processo di ingegneria inversa sulla cuspide in selce di Tabina 1
Archeologia, archeology, arco, balistica terminale, Caccia, cuspide di freccia, Hunting, paleologia, ritocco bifacciale coprente, terramareBy: VITTORIO BRIZZI – Nell’insieme delle punte di freccia ritrovate nelle terramare padano-venete, la cuspide di Tabina 1 (proveniente dallo scavo della terramare di Tabina di Magreta – Modena) è di foggia particolare. Per le sue dimensioni fisiche e per la sua morfologia il manufatto rappresenta un esempio di specializzazione atipico nelle Culture mediterranee dell’età…