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Thompson ethnobotany : knowledge and usage of plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia
- Title
- Thompson ethnobotany : knowledge and usage of plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia / Nancy J. Turner [and others].
- Publication
- Victoria : Royal British Columbia Museum, 1990.
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- Description
- 335 p. : ill.; 28 cm.
- Series Statement
- Memoir / Royal British Columbia Museum, 0843-5383 ; no. 3
- Uniform Title
- Memoir (Royal British Columbia Museum) ; no. 3.
- Subject
- Ntlakyapamuk Indians > Ethnobotany
- Indians of North America > Ethnobotany > British Columbia > Thompson River Region
- Ethnobotany > British Columbia > Thompson River Region
- Indians of North America
- Ethnobotany
- Indians, North American
- Ethnobotany
- Indians of North America
- Indians of North America > Ethnobotany
- Indiens > Colombie-Britannique (Canada) > Ethnobotanique
- Ethnobotanique > Colombie-Britannique (Canada)
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-304).
- Contents
- Chapter One: Introduction: The Thompson People: Linguistic and Cultural Affiliations; The Thompson Territory: Physical Environment. Chapter Two: Role of Plants in Thompson Culture: Plants as Food; Harvesting Plant Foods; Preservation of Plant Foods; Cooking Methods; Serving Plant Foods; Food Scarcity; Plant Food Products and Trade; Traditional Foods Today; Poisonous Plants; Plants as Materials; Plants as Medicines; Plants in Traditional Beliefs and Mythology; The Relationship Between Plants and Animals in Thompson Culture; The Relationship Between Plants and Animals in Thompson Culture; Plants in Language and Folk Classification. Chapter Three: Inventory of Plant Species Named and/or Used by the Thompson: Algae; Lichens; Fungi; Bryophytes (mosses and liverworts); Pteridophytes (ferns and Fern-allies); Gymnosperms (Conifers and Their Relatives); Angiosperms (Flowering Plants) Monocotyledons; Angiosperms (Flowering Plants) Dicotyledons Chapter Four. Summary and Conclusions. Appendixes.
- ISBN
- 077188916X
- 9780771889165
- LCCN
- 96210918
- OCLC
- ocm21673170
- 21673170
- SCSB-14723319
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library