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Discovering aboriginal plant use : journeys of an Australian anthropologist / Philip A Clarke.
- Title
- Discovering aboriginal plant use : journeys of an Australian anthropologist / Philip A Clarke.
- Author
- Clarke, Philip (Philip A.)
- Publication
- [Kenthurst, N.S.W.] : Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd, 2014.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | GN665 .C58 2014 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 192 pages : color illustratios, color map; 29 cm
- Summary
- The career of a museum-based anthropologist is diverse, involving the curation of artifact collections, organizing exhibits, answering inquiries, and conducting fieldwork. Philip A. Clarke started work at the South Australian Museum over 30 years ago, and, during that time, his role changed from museum assistant, to collection manager, registrar, curator, and head of anthropology. There are many ways to explore a culture other than your own, and Clarke chose ethnobotany as the 'window' through which to gain insights into Aboriginal Australia. Ethnobotany is a diverse field that is concerned with investigating the relationships between human cultures and the flora. In the past, it was mainly used by scholars who studied the societies of hunter-gatherers and non-Western horticulturalists. Today, it is increasingly being used to document aspects of the lives of Indigenous peoples in a postcolonial world. Clarke argues that we can understand a people better if we know how they see and use plants. In this book, Clarke dips into his field journals to provide a rich account of journeys - as both an anthropologist and an ethnobotanist - that span the temperate, arid, and tropical zones of Australia and neighboring landmasses. Clarke describes the cultural and natural heritage of each region, examining the distinctiveness of the plant life used by Australia's Aboriginal people.
- Alternative Title
- Aboriginal plant use
- Journeys of an Australian anthropologist
- Subject
- Aboriginal Australians
- Aboriginal Australians > Ethnobotany
- Aboriginal Australians > Food
- Aboriginal Australians > Medicine
- Aboriginal Australians > Social life and customs
- Australia
- Australian
- Clarke, Philip
- Ethnobotany
- Food
- Food plants
- Human-plant relationships > Australia
- Medicinal plants
- Medicine, Traditional
- Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander > ethnology
- Phytotherapy
- Plant products
- Plants
- Plants, Medicinal
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-169) and indexes.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction -- Part 1: Southeastern Australia: 1. Adelaide Plains ; 2. The Lower Murray ; 3. Southeast of South Australia and Southwestern Victoria -- Part 2: Arid Interiors: 4. Eastern Central Australia ; 5. Western Desert ; 6. The Northern Deserts -- Part 3: Monsoonal Northern Regions: 7. Across the Dry Monsoonal Tropics ; 8. Western Top End ; 9. Arnhem Land -- Endnotes -- References -- Common Plant Names Index -- Scientific Plant Names Index -- General Index.
- ISBN
- 9781925078220 (hardback)
- 1925078221 (hardback)
- OCLC
- 876158674
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library