Ethnozoology among the Berbers: pre-Islamic practices survive in the Rif (northwestern Africa)
Abstract Background Ethnozoological knowledge is less documented than ethnobotanical. With this field study, we aim to record and analyze the Riffian Berber knowledge about the use of animals in traditional human and veterinary medicine. Our research question is what is their knowledge of ethnozoolo...
Main Authors: | Aymane Budjaj, Guillermo Benítez, Juan Manuel Pleguezuelos |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-07-01
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Series: | Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-021-00466-9 |
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