Traditional Technology and Cultural Adaptation to Mountain Ecosystem: A Case Study of a Himalayan Village

Abstract

The material aspect of culture is used by the human being in the adaptation to their immediate local environmwt. This adaptation in an ecological setting is done by means of traditional technolog1;. Traditional technolOgJJ is part and parcel of human culture and passed through generations through the means of cultural communication. For the mountain ecosystem, such as Himalayan, there specific requirement is the reason for development of traditional technology. Often this technology is blend with traditional knowledge, local ecological resources, combined with the new technolog1; (that include innovative ideas developed within the group as well the borrowed knowledge system from the mainstream urban setup). In this paper authors have examined the traditional technolog1; and atltural adaptation to mountain ecosystem in a Himalayan village.