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Ritual Uses

Ritual Uses is a construct within the study of wild edibles that denotes the culturally prescribed, symbolic applications of edible plants in ceremonial, spiritual, or traditional practices, distinguished from utilitarian consumption by their embeddedness in socioreligious frameworks.

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143

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2017–2026

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117

Just beautiful green herbs: use of plants in cultural practices in Bukovina and Roztochya, Western Ukraine

Nataliya Stryamets, Michele Filippo Fontefrancesco, Giulia Mattalia et al. · Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine · 2021 · 185 citations · Full text

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Tortillas for the Gods: A Symbolic Analysis of Zinacanteco Rituals.

Munro S. Edmonson, Evon Z. Vogt · Hispanic American Historical Review · 1978 · 132 citations

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In Pots we Trust

Olivier Gosselain · Journal of Material Culture · 1999 · 119 citations · Full text

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to be Quechua: the symbolism of coca chewing in highland Peru

Catherine J. Allen · American Ethnologist · 1981 · 101 citations

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Ethnobotany of religious and supernatural beliefs of the Mising tribes of Assam with special reference to the 'Dobur Uie'

Uma Kanta Sharma, Shyamanta Pegu · Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine · 2011 · 97 citations · Full text

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Authors

267

  1. TV
    Tinde van Andel

    Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Netherlands

    3 publications · 127 citations

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  2. CS
    Carlo Severi

    Istituti Clinici di Perfezionamento, Italy

    2 publications · 134 citations

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  3. MV
    Mikko Villi

    University of Jyväskylä, Finland

    2 publications · 78 citations

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  4. DQ
    Diana Quiroz

    Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Netherlands

    2 publications · 58 citations

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  5. JC
    José Carlos Bouso

    Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

    2 publications · 87 citations

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Institutions

143

  1. Leiden University

    Leiden, The Netherlands

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    123 citations

  2. Crow Canyon Archaeological Center

    Cortez, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    141 citations

  3. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    55 citations

  4. Padjadjaran University

    Bandung, Indonesia

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    176 citations

  5. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    175 citations

  6. Universitat Rovira i Virgili

    Tarragona, Spain

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    101 citations

  7. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    42 citations

  8. Washington State University

    Pullman, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    207 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

    10 publications · 563 citations

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  2. Economic Botany

    4 publications · 154 citations

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  3. Journal of Ethnopharmacology

    4 publications · 182 citations

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  4. American Antiquity

    4 publications · 173 citations

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  5. American Ethnologist

    AE · 3 publications · 210 citations

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