Issue |
Knowl. Manag. Aquat. Ecosyst.
Number 417, 2016
Topical issue on Crayfish
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Article Number | 5 | |
Number of page(s) | 9 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2015038 | |
Published online | 07 January 2016 |
Research paper
Crayfish in Czech cultural space: the longest documented relationship between humans and crayfish in Europe
L’écrevisse dans l’espace culturel tchèque : la relation la plus longue documentée entre les humains et les écrevisses en Europe
1
Department of Zoology and Fisheries, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food
and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague,
Kamýcká 129, 165 21, Praha 6 – Suchdol, Czech Republic
2
Centre for Classical Studies at the Institute of Philosophy, Czech
Academy of Sciences, Na Florenci
3, 110 00,
Praha 1, Czech
Republic
⋆ Corresponding author: patoka@af.czu.cz
Received:
1
October
2015
Revised:
13
November
2015
Accepted:
14
November
2015
The crayfish is an interesting element of cultural history in many regions where this animal plays an important role through its exploitation by humans. The present study provides comprehensive insight into the relationship between humans and crayfish within the Central European regions of Bohemia and Moravia, collectively recognized as the Czech cultural space. The study combines data obtained from Czech and Latin historical literature; archival juristic documents and codes of law; old cooking and fishing journals, books, and textbooks; digitized materials available on the internet; and specialized and scientific publications. Human exploitation of crayfish within the evaluated region has been continuous from prehistory to the present and is thus the oldest in all of Europe. Important moments are displayed on timeline.
Résumé
L’écrevisse est un élément intéressant de l’histoire culturelle dans de nombreuses régions où cet animal joue un rôle important grâce à son exploitation par les humains. La présente étude offre un aperçu complet de la relation entre les humains et les écrevisses dans les régions d’Europe centrale de Bohême et de Moravie, collectivement reconnues comme l’espace culturel tchèque. L’étude combine des données obtenues à partir de la littérature tchèque et historique latine; de documents d’archives juridiques et de codes de la loi; de vieux journaux, livres et manuels de cuisine et de pêche; de documents numérisés disponibles sur l’Internet; et de publications spécialisées et scientifiques. L’exploitation humaine des écrevisses dans la région étudiée a été continue depuis la préhistoire jusqu’à aujourd’hui et est ainsi la plus ancienne de toute l’Europe. Les moments importants sont affichés sur un tableau chronologique.
Key words: Freshwater invertebrate / exploitation / history / aquaculture / Czech Republic
Mots clés : Invertébrés d’eau douce / exploitation / histoire / aquaculture / République Tchèque
© J. Patoka et al., published by EDP Sciences, 2016
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