At the Desert's Green Edge - An Ethnobotany of the Gila River Pima

Informationen zum Autor Amadeo M. Rea is an ethnobiologist and ornithologist who has conducted research on the Gila River Indian Reservation over a period of thirty years. He is also the author of Once a River: Bird Life and Habitat Changes on the Middle Gila Klappentext Weaves the Pima view of the plants found in their environment with memories of their own history and culture, creating a monumental testament to their traditions and way of life. Rea first discusses the Piman people, environment, and language, then proceeds to share their botanical knowledge in entries for 240 plants that systematically cover information on economic botany, folk taxonomy, and linguistics. Zusammenfassung Winner of the Society for Economic Botany's Klinger Book Award! this is the first complete ethnobotany of the Gila River Pima! presented from the perspective of the Pimas themselves.

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• Authors: Amadeo M Rea, Amadeo M. Rea, Amadeo M./ Ijichi Rea
• Assisted by: Takashi Ijichi (Illustration)
• Publisher: The University of Arizona Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2016
• EAN: 9780816534296
• ISBN: 978-0-8165-3429-6
• No. of pages: 430
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore