Wild Plants and Native Peoples of the Four Corners - Brossura

Dunmire, William W.; Tierney, Gail D.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0890133190 ISBN 13: 9780890133194

Casa editrice: Museum of New Mexico Pr, 2003

Riassunto

This book emphasizes prehistoric uses of plants in the Four Corners area, focusing on Mesa Verde National Park, Chaco Canyon, Canyon de Chelly, Aztec Ruins, Hovenweep, and other major sites of the region once occupied by the Navajo, Ute, Paiute, Hopi, and Apache peoples. Dunmire and Tierney are able to eloquently illustrate the importance of the people-plant relationship that has existed throughout the ages among Native peoples and how ancient traditional uses of these plants inform contemporary uses today. Through vignettes of background information drawn from lore and cultural traditions and interviews with tribal elders, Wild Plants and Native Peoples of the Four Corners describes uses for edible, medicinal, and dye plants, as well as plants used for making baskets, tools, and shelters. Complementing these essays are profiles of fifty new trees, shrubs, herbaceous perennials, and grasses common to traditional Native America.

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Book by Dunmire William W Tierney Gail D

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• Editore: Museum of New Mexico Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0890133190
• ISBN 13: 9780890133194
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 312