Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 359 pages) |
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data file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (331-335) and index. |
Contents |
Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. The People and the Land; 2. A Brief Ethnography of the Mayos; 3. Historical and Contemporary Mayos; 4. Plant and Animal Life; 5. Eight Plants That Make Mayos Mayos; 6. Plant Uses; 7. An Annotated List of Plants; Appendix A: Mayo Region Place Names and Their Meanings; Appendix B: Yoreme Consultants; Appendix C: Gazetteer of the Mayo Region; Appendix D: Mayo Plants Listed by Spanish Name; Appendix E: Mayo Plants Listed by Mayo Name; Appendix F: Glossary of Mayo and Spanish Terms; Notes; Works Cited; Index. |
Summary |
The Mayos, an indigenous people of northwestern Mexico, live in small towns spread over southern Sonora and northern Sinaloa, lands of remarkable biological diversity. This book contains a comprehensive description of northwest Mexico's tropical deciduous forests and thornscrub on the traditional Mayo lands. |
Local Note |
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Language |
English. |
Subject |
Mayo Indians -- Ethnobotany.
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Mayo Indians. |
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Ethnobotany. |
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Ethnobotany -- Mexico -- Sonora (State)
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Mexico -- Sonora (State) |
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Ethnobotany -- Mexico -- Sinaloa (State)
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Botany. |
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Mexico -- Sinaloa (State) |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Van Devender, Thomas R.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Mayo ethnobotany Berkeley : University of California Press, c2002. 0520227212 (cloth : alk. paper) (DLC) 2001003101 |
ISBN |
9780520926356 ebook |
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0520926358 |
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0520227212 cloth alkaline paper |
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0585466122 (electronic book) |
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9780585466125 (electronic book) |
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1597347396 (electronic book) |
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9781597347396 (electronic book) |
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9780520227217 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0520227212 |
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9786612356346 |
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6612356340 |
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1282356348 |
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9781282356344 |
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