Footprints of the Forest: Ka'apor Ethnobotany - The Historical Ecology of Plant Utilization by an Amazonian People
Balee, Willia
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PRODUCT DETAILS
Book ID : 788
ISBN-10 : 81-211-0309-6 / 8121103096
ISBN-13 : 978-81-211-0309-1 / 9788121103091
Place
of Publication :
Dehradun
Year
of Publication :
2002
Edition : (Reprint)
Language : English
xxiv, 396p., 38 Illus. (Reprint of 1999)
CONTENTS
CONTENTS:- Introduction; The Botanical and Ethnographic Setting; Ka'apor History; Activity Contexts of Plants and People; Medicine, Magic and Poison; Indigenous Forest Management; Plant Nomenclature and Classification; Towards a Comparative Ethnonotany of Lowland South America.
DESCRIPTION
Footprints of the Forest is the clearest and most comprehensive account to date of relationship between an Amazonian people and their botanical environment.
