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Item Details
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NATIVE AMERICAN ETHNOBOTANY
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| By: |
Daniel E. Moerman |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£60.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0881924539 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780881924534 |
| Publisher: |
TIMBER PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
15 August, 1998 |
| Pages: |
927 |
| Description: |
A compilation of the plants used by North American native people for medicine, food, fiber, dye, and a host of other things. It gathers together the accumulated ethnobotanical knowledge on more than 4000 plants. It documents more than 44,000 uses for these plants by various tribes. |
| Synopsis: |
This is an extraordinary compilation of the plants used by North American native people for medicine, food, fiber, dye, and a host of other things. Anthropologist Daniel E. Moerman has devoted 25 years to the task of gathering together the accumulated ethnobotanical knowledge on more than 4000 plants. More than 44,000 uses for these plants by various tribes are documented here. This is undoubtedly the most massive ethnobotanical survey ever undertaken, preserving an enormous store of information for the future. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Timber Press |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries Annual |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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