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A Zapotec natural history : trees, herbs, and flowers, birds, beasts, and bugs in the life of San Juan Gbëë
- Title
- A Zapotec natural history : trees, herbs, and flowers, birds, beasts, and bugs in the life of San Juan Gbëë / Eugene S. Hunn.
- Author
- Hunn, Eugene S.
- Publication
- Tucson : Unviersity of Arizona Press, [2008], ©2008.
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- Description
- xviii, 261 pages : illustrations; 24 cm +
- Summary
- "This is an extrodinary book and accompanying CD that describe the people of a small town in Mexico and their remarkable knowledge of the natural world in which they live."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- Zapotec Indians > Ethnobotany > San Juan Gbee
- Zapotec Indians > Ethnozoology > San Juan Gbee
- Zapotec Indians > Ethnobiology > San Juan Gbee
- Ethnobotany > San Juan Gbee
- Names, Zapotec > San Juan Gbee
- Plant names, Popular > San Juan Gbee
- San Juan Mixtepec, Miahuatlán (Mexico : Community) > Social life and customs
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-251) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. Guiedz/ The Town -- 3. Lo Liu Sanfwan / The Land -- 4. Le / Names for Plants and Animals -- 5. Dooz / The Milpa -- 6. Ncuaan / Medicines from Plants -- 7. Guiee / Flowers -- 8. Xpeed / The Children.
- ISBN
- 9780816526178 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0816526176 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2008003986
- 40016254054
- OCLC
- ocn193899779
- 193899779
- SCSB-5449583
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries