Glimpses of Loptuq Folk Botany: Phytonyms and Plant Knowledge in Sven Hedin’s Herbarium Notes from the Lower Tarim River Area as a Source for Ethnobiological Research
| Autor: | Sabira Ståhlberg, Patrick Hällzon, Ingvar Svanberg |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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East Turkestan
Ethnohistory lcsh:DT1-3415 endangered language lcsh:PL1-8844 plant knowledge Ethnobiology Central Asia Loplik Loptuq Lopnor fisher-foragers China ethnobiology Xinjiang Vernacular Articles ethnohistory Vegetation cultural extinction local ecological knowledge lcsh:Languages and literature of Eastern Asia Africa Oceania lcsh:History of Asia Herbarium Geography lcsh:DS1-937 lcsh:History of Africa plant names Habitat Endangered language Uyghur Ethnology Tarim |
| Zdroj: | Studia Orientalia Electronica Studia Orientalia Electronica, Vol 7, Pp 96-119 (2019) |
| ISSN: | 2323-5209 |
| Popis: | This interdisciplinary study discusses the vernacular phytonyms and other ethnobiological aspects of vegetation in the Loptuq (Loplik) habitat on the Lower Tarim River. This small Turkic-speaking group lived as fisher-foragers in the Lopnor (Lop Lake) area in East Turkestan, now the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China. Information about this unique group, and especially the folk knowledge of plants in the area, is scant. In 1900, Swedish explorer Sven Hedin collected plant voucher specimens for the Swedish Natural History Museum in Stockholm. He noted local names on herbarium labels, thus providing modern researchers a rare glimpse into the Loptuq world. As the traditional way of life is already lost and the Loptuq language almost extinct, every trace of the former culture is of significance when trying to understand the peculiarities of human habitats and survival in arid areas. The ethnobiological analysis can further contribute to other fields, such as climate change, and define the place of the Loptuq on the linguistic and cultural map of Central Asia. |
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