The aim of this study was to analyze the ethnozoological knowledge that the inhabitants of the Bonifacio García community, Morelos, Mexico, conserve about wild vertebrate. Semi-structured interviews were applied to 30 key informants, through participant observation and guided tours, traces such as footprints, excreta, burrows and pelts and in vivo observation were researched for the identification of the mentioned species and the following indexes were calculated: value of diversity of use for each species (VDS) and of medicinal uses (DVM), as well as the diversity index of the treated diseases (DITD). The study recorded a total of 42 wild vertebrate species, of these 28 are used: mammals 39.3%, birds 32%, reptiles 18%, fish 7.1% and amphibia 3.6%. The main use values were alimentary (0.54), medicinal (0.46) and ornamental (0.43). The white-tailed deer, the black iguana and the rattlesn...

The aim of this study was to analyze the ethnozoological knowledge that the inhabitants of the Bonifacio García community, Morelos, Mexico, conserve about wild vertebrate. Semi-structured interviews were applied to 30 key informants, through participant observation and guided tours, traces such as footprints, excreta, burrows and pelts and in vivo observation were researched for the identification of the mentioned species and the following indexes were calculated: value of diversity of use for each species (VDS) and of medicinal uses (DVM), as well as the diversity index of the treated diseases (DITD). The study recorded a total of 42 wild vertebrate species, of these 28 are used: mammals 39.3%, birds 32%, reptiles 18%, fish 7.1% and amphibia 3.6%. The main use values were alimentary (0.54), medicinal (0.46) and ornamental (0.43). The white-tailed deer, the black iguana and the rattlesn...

Los mayas, a diferencia de otros grupos étnicos del continente americano, lograron plasmar sus conocimientos científicos y sus expresiones artísticas a través de signos gráficos coherentemente organizados y sistemáticamente cifrados. Los misioneros, a partir de su arribo a la Península de Yucatán, en el siglo XVI, comenzaron a ejercer su dominio político y económico por medio de la imposición de su cultura, su religión, su lengua y su escritura; se ocuparon, por lo tanto, de manera vehemente y despiadada a la destrucción persistente de todos esos saberes celosamente guardados en sus libros (Landa, 1973 [1566], pp. 104-106), así como en objetos de cerámica y piel de venado. Los mayas, por su parte, se mantuvieron firmes en su afán de continuar registrando su historia, conocimientos médicos y literarios por medio de la centenaria tradición escritural (Arzápalo Marín, 20...