The state of psychology as a knowledge discipline is examined. Some reflections are made about the application of psychological knowledge, taking into account: a) the nature of knowledge being applied, b) the translation of analytic knowledge typical of basic science,…

This article shows taphonomy as a branch of paleontological knowledge that studies the effects of the post-mortem process and how they affect information in the fossil record., La tafonomía es el estudio de de los procesos posmortem, es decir, el…

En el sur de Chile, el Hospital rural Makewe está llevando a cabo una experiencia de atención en salud complementaria, que integra los saberes y recursos tradicionales mapuche, con el conocimiento y terapéuticas científico-occidentales. A partir de entrevistas realizadas a…

Santiago Yeche commercial agriculture is based on the cultivation of tomatoes and gladiolus which is also based on irrigation. The irrigation system is formed by channels and it was built during Colonial times. Santiago Yeche’s peasant families introduced gladiolus cultivation…

The research problem dealt with in the first part of this text concerns the existence of a Mayan theory of knowledge based on its own historical evolution through a mind perspective that involves an acceptance of intercultural difference. The text…

The Libro de medicinas, muy seguro.... (1751) is an unpublished source of great importance for our knowledge of traditional Yucatec medicine, both because of its early date as well as the fact that it reflects a synthesis between purely indigenous…

Scientific knowledge and sociology are directly related to the power of war, but instead of leading us to a positive cultural evolution we have obtained a negative cultural evolution. This is shown by many historical exarnples, but the reacent Gulf…

Prehistoric rock paintings from Northern Mexico are becoming better known. Twenty sites for a single municipio in the state of Nuevo Leon have recently been described. Not all the paintings that are being found are a spectacular as the ones…

The cochineal cultivation had a great economic importance andits study has been basic for the knowledge of the Colonial Society. In this article historical documents are transcribed and commented; their value derives from the historical data themselves, as well as…

In traditional medicine, as it continues to be practiced in the indigenous communities of Yucatán, a number of specialists put into practice knowledge and therapies that have retained their deep (Maya) roots. Bone-setters, midwives, masseurs, herbalists and curers (men as…