Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge - Ethnobotany and Ecological Wisdom of Indigenous Peoples of Northwestern North America Volume 74

Nancy J. Turner is Distinguished Professor and Hakai Professor in Ethnoecology in the School of Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria.

About the author

Nancy J. Turner is Distinguished Professor and Hakai Professor in Ethnoecology in the School of Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria.

Summary

Drawing on information shared by Indigenous botanical experts and collaborators, the ethnographic and historical record, and from linguistics, palaeobotany, archaeology, phytogeography, and other fields, this book weaves together a complex understanding of the traditions of use and management of plant resources in this vast region.

Product details

• Authors: Nancy J Turner, Nancy J. Turner
• Publisher: Mcgill-Queen's University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.07.2014
• EAN: 9780773543805
• ISBN: 978-0-7735-4380-5
• No. of pages: 1056
• Dimensions: 172 mm x 244 mm x 83 mm
• Weight: 2195 g
• Series: McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series; McGill-Queen's Native and Nort; McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series; McGill-Queen's Native and Nort; McGill-Queen's Indigenous and
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Kanada, Botanik und Pflanzenwissenschaften, Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie, Ethnographie