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Ancient pathways, ancestral knowledge: ethnobotany and ecological wisdom of Indigenous peoples of northwestern North America

Nancy J. Turner c2014 © McGill-Queen's University Press
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ISBN(s)
  • 9780773543805 (hardcover)
  • 9780773585409 (ebook)
Subject
  • Native Peoples of the Americas
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  • Table of Contents

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  • Cover
  • Frontmatter
  • Figures and Tables (page ix)
  • Volume One
  • Preface and Acknowledgments (page xv)
  • Note on the Writing System Used in This Book (page xxxi)
  • 1. Introduction to the Book: Ethnobotanical and Ethnoecological Knowledge across Time and Space (page 3)
  • PART ONE | HISTORY
  • 2. Into the Past: Ancient Relationships among People, Plants, and Environments (page 43)
  • 3. Reflections on Plant Names in Understanding the History of People-Plant Relationships (page 117)
  • 4. Change, Loss, and Adaptation of Plant Traditions (page 191)
  • PART TWO | DEVELOPMENT
  • 5. Plants as Food: Development, Diversity, Dissemination (page 263)
  • 6. Plant Use in Technology over Time and Space (page 335)
  • 7. Herbal Medicine and Healing Traditions (page 415)
  • Appendix 1: Major Sources of Information for the Book (page 467)
  • Appendix 2: Names of Selected Native Plant Species in Indigenous Languages of Northwestern North America (page 473)
  • Appendix 3: Names of Two Introduced Plants (Turnip and Potato) in Indigenous Languages of Northwestern North America (page 507)
  • Notes (page 515)
  • Figures and Tables (page ix)
  • Volume Two
  • Preface (page xiii)
  • PART THREE | INTEGRATION AND MANAGEMENT
  • 8. Moving for the Harvest: Seasonal Rounds and Plant Knowledge (page 3)
  • 9. Cultural Institutions Related to Ethnobotanical Knowledge and Practice (page 51)
  • 10. Trade and Exchange: Sharing Plant Products and Ethnobotanical Knowledge across Geographical and Cultural Space (page 101)
  • 11. Management and Sustainability of Plant Resources and Habitats (page 145)
  • PART FOUR | UNDERLYING PHILOSOPHY
  • 12. Narratives in Transmission of Ethnobotanical Knowledge (page 231)
  • 13. Worldview and Belief Systems in Ethnobotanical Knowledge Systems (page 297)
  • 14. Ancient Pathways and New Pathways for Retaining and Renewing Botanical and Environmental Knowledge Systems for the Future (page 351)
  • Notes (page 413)
  • References (page 441)
  • Index of Plant Species (page 503)
  • General Index (page 513)
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