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A fistful of bladdernuts : the shifting uses of Staphylea pinnata L. as documented by archaeology, history and ethnology
JournalArticle (Originalarbeit in einer wissenschaftlichen Zeitschrift)
 
ID 2719210
Author(s) Heiss, Andreas G.; Filipovic, Dragana; Nedelcheva, Anely; Russ-Popa, Gabriela; Wanninger, Klaus; Schramayr, Georg; Perego, Renata; Jacomet, Stefanie
Author(s) at UniBasel Jacomet, Stefanie
Year 2014
Year: comment 2014
Title A fistful of bladdernuts : the shifting uses of Staphylea pinnata L. as documented by archaeology, history and ethnology
Journal Folk life
Volume 52
Number 2
Pages / Article-Number 95-136
Keywords bladdernut, archaeobotany, historical botany, ethnobotany, ritual plant use, medicinal plants, food plants
Abstract Research into the past cultural dimensions of plants is often restricted to plants with important uses, cultivated for millennia and ever sought after, and of fundamental meaning to human subsistence and economy. This is definitely true for the main cultivated crops of the Old World, and for plants regarded essential for other (e.g. medical) reasons. Bladdernut is definitely not one of these 'reat' useful plants. Still, this shrub has had a curious past which seemed to us worth investigating, for the beliefs and meanings that still cling to it. As we will see, new beliefs are still developing.Largely building upon the previous detailed work by the first author, 1 the current study pursues the goal of drawing as complete a picture as possible of the cultural relevance of bladdernut in past societies. This has been done by critically evaluating the extant literature on material evidence, written historical sources, and ethnographic studies on Staphylea pinnata across Europe, and trying to suggest new interpretations for this plant. Originally given as a conference paper by the first author listed, the following article has been considerably reworked and now includes substantially more research than previously.
Publisher Maney Publishing
ISSN/ISBN 0430-8778
edoc-URL http://edoc.unibas.ch/dok/A6308408
Full Text on edoc No
Digital Object Identifier DOI 10.1179/0430877814Z.00000000031
ISI-Number WOS:000346135000001
Document type (ISI) Article
 
   

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