caa a22 4500 44580663X CHVBK 20180317145158.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10745-011-9401-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10745-011-9401-3 Cross-Cultural Ethnobiology in the Western Balkans: Medical Ethnobotany and Ethnozoology Among Albanians and Serbs in the Pešter Plateau, Sandžak, South-Western Serbia [Elektronische Daten] [Andrea Pieroni, Maria Giusti, Cassandra Quave] An ethnobiological study concerning the medical ethnobotany and ethnozoology of two neighbouring communities of Serbians and Albanians living in the Pešter plateau (south-western Serbia) was conducted, the latter representing a diasporic community that immigrated to the area approximately three centuries ago. Sixty-two botanical taxa used in 129 plant-based remedies and 204 folk plant uses were recorded. In addition, 31 animal-derived remedies and 27 mineral or non-indigenous products were also documented. Approximately half of the recorded phytotherepeutical uses have been recorded for the first time in the ethnobotany of the Western Balkans and more than one-third of these uses have no correlation with Western evidence-based phytotherapy. Moreover, while both communities use approximately the same number of medicinal plants, two-thirds of the botanical taxa, but only one-third of plant folk medical uses are found in common among the two communities. These findings demonstrate that the two communities, although having lived in close proximity to each other during the past three centuries and in a relatively low biodiverse environment, have maintained or developed unique phytotherapeutical trajectories. The differences between the two folk medical biologies of these communities are reflective of the specific history of the Albanian diaspora, and of the complex processes of its cultural adaptation over the last three centuries. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2011 Ethnobotany nationallicence Ethnozoology nationallicence Serbia nationallicence Pešter nationallicence Phytotherapy nationallicence Albanians nationallicence Pieroni Andrea University of Gastronomic Sciences, Via Amedeo di Savoia 8, I-12060, Pollenzo, Bra, Italy aut Giusti Maria Department of History of Arts and Performing Arts, University of Florence, Via Gino Capponi 7-9, I-50121, Florence, Italy aut Quave Cassandra University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W. Markham St., Mail Slot 511, 72205, Little Rock, AR, USA aut Human Ecology Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 39/3(2011-06-01), 333-349 0300-7839 39:3<333 2011 39 10745 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-011-9401-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-011-9401-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pieroni Andrea University of Gastronomic Sciences, Via Amedeo di Savoia 8, I-12060, Pollenzo, Bra, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Giusti Maria Department of History of Arts and Performing Arts, University of Florence, Via Gino Capponi 7-9, I-50121, Florence, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Quave Cassandra University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W. Markham St., Mail Slot 511, 72205, Little Rock, AR, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Human Ecology Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 39/3(2011-06-01), 333-349 0300-7839 39:3<333 2011 39 10745 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer