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Plant Classification in Pre-Literate Societies

Explore how hunters/gatherers classified plants based on usage and danger, with beliefs in medicinal plants persisting in present-day tribes. Learn about the unique naming and division methods used in these societies.

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Plant Classification in Pre-Literate Societies

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  1. Pre-Literate Societies By Jessica Corder and Brian Murphy

  2. Classification • The hunters/gathers of the pre-literate societies classified plants on how they were used and if they were deadly. • For example: food and medicinal herbs

  3. Medicinal Aids • “There remains a widespread belief in the curative powers of certain plants or animal parts shaped or colored like the diseased part of the body: hence, red poppies for blood disorder, spotted plants for skin eruptions, and trefoil plants for heart trouble.” • http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/F/folkmedi.html

  4. Present Day Tribes • Aboriginals in Australia still gather plants for making baskets, canoes, fishing nets, and string

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  6. Pre-literate Societies and Folk Classification of Plants By: The Thursday Lab Group

  7. Simple Background Information • Pre-literate societies were very close to the environment that surrounded them. • Since the use of plants was so frequent, names were given to classify them. • Examples: Shaman or Brujo of American Tropics.

  8. Methods of Division • Describe plant so that others could recognize it. • Classify it as harmful or useful • Identify other individual plants that could be put in this division • Give a name that it could easily be referred to.

  9. Hunters and Gatherers lived in rough environments. • Diorama from South Africa

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