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Author Lanner, Ronald M.

Title The piñon pine : a natural and cultural history / Ronald M. Lanner ; with a section on pine-nut cookery by Harriette Lanner.

Publication Info. Reno, Nev. : University of Nevada Press, 1985, 1981.

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Edition [Pbk. ed., 1985].
Description 1 online resource (xiii, 224 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-195) and index.
Contents Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. Woodlands of Piñon Country; 2. Through Time and Space-How Piñons Came to Piñon Country; 3. Origin of a Species-How the Singleleaf Piñon was Born; 4. Closing the Circle-How Hybrid Trees are Formed; 5. Rats, Pines, and Pre-History-How Pack Rats Help Man Read the Past; 6. A Place to Live, Something to Eat-A Tree is What You Make It; 7. Feathered Cultivators-Birds That Plant Trees in the Desert; 8. Man Meets Tree, Tree Meets Man-Beginning a Lasting Relationship
9. Food That Grows on Trees-Prospering in the Great Nut Grove10. Reading Nature's Message; 11. The Piñon in Indian Myth; 12. Better Than Those of Castile-Men on Horseback Come to Piñon Country; 13. Pine Nuts as a Foodstuff; 14. Science Finds the Piñon; 15. Fuel for a Silver Empire; 16. Turning Woodlands Into Pastures-The Hard Way; 17. Tomorrow's Woodland; Pine-Nut Cookery; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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Subject Pinyon pines -- Southwest, New.
Pinyon pines.
New Southwest.
Cooking (Pine nuts)
Cooking (Pine nuts)
Indians of North America -- Food -- Southwest, New.
Indians of North America -- Food.
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Religion.
Indians of North America.
Religion.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Lanner, Ronald M. Piñon pine. [Pbk. ed., 1985]. Reno, Nev. : University of Nevada Press, 1985, 1981 0874170656 (DLC) 81000119 (OCoLC)7595978
ISBN 0874174120 (electronic book)
9780874174120 (electronic book)