LA VARIABLE TIEMPO EN LA CARACTERIZACION DEL CONOCIMIENTO BOTANICOTRADICIONAL

摘要

The traditional botanical knowledge (TBK) is defined as a cumulative "corpus" of knowledge,practices and beliefs about the relationships between the human beings and the vegetal componentsof their environments. This "corpus" of knowledge is modified by selection processes and is trans-mitted culturally from generation to generation. In this approach it is demonstrated that the tempo-rary variable occupies an outstanding roll in the conformation of the TBK. Nevertheless, consideringit as the knowledge shared by a specific human group about local vegetables, it is clear that the kno-wledge involved in the process of choice, obtaining, processing and consumption, as well as in thelocal administration, of plant resources, also can be generated by and residing in communities thatlack of historical and cultural continuity. From the analysis of two cases (the horticulture in the Punaof Jujuy, NW of Argentina, and suburban areas in Buenos Aires province) where the temporary depthfrom the experience is different, TBK can be consider a synthesis of wisdom, that is generated somuch from the knowledge generated locally by practice and experimentation, as well as by incorpo-ration of information of other sources, including the scientific knowledge. Finally, we extend thisanalysis to the interpretation of local practices of plant manipulation in archaeology, which reflectsCBT in the past.