At the desert's green edge : an ethnobotany of the Gila River Pima /

"The Akimel O'odham, or Pima Indians, of the northern Sonoran Desert continue to make their home along Arizona's Gila River despite the alarming degradation of their habitat that has occurred over the past century. The oldest living Pimas can recall a lush riparian ecosystem and still...

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Autor principal: Rea, Amadeo M.
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, c1997.
Materias:
Pimas > Etnobotánica.
Etnobotánica > Valle del Río Gila (Nuevo México).
Etnobotánica > Valle del Río Gila (Arizona).
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / Gary Paul Nabhan
  • Pt. 1. The Pima and Their Country
  • 1. The Gila Pima
  • 2. Native Consultants
  • 3. Historic Pima Habitats
  • 4. The Pima Cultural Ecosystem
  • 5. A People without a River
  • 6. Modern Gila Pima Habitats
  • 7. A Dietary Reconstruction
  • 8. Words for Mapping the Natural World
  • Pt. 2. Gila Pima Plants
  • Plan of the Folk Generics (Biological Species Accounts)
  • Group A. Shuudagi ch-ed Ha'ichu Vuushdag: Plants Growing in or on the Water
  • Group B. Akimel ch-ed Ha'ichu Chuuchim: Plants Standing in the River, Emergents
  • Group C. Vashai: Grasses, Grassy Plants, Forage Plants, Hay
  • Group D. Sha'i: Bushes
  • Group E. U'us Chuuchim: Trees
  • Group F. Iivagi: Eaten Greens
  • Group G. Covert Category: Wild Annuals
  • Group H. Covert Category: Cactuslike Plants
  • Group I. E'es : Crops, Planted Things
  • Group J. Ha'ichu Iibdag: Planted Fruit Trees
  • Group K. Category Unknown: Miscellaneous Unaffiliated Plants
  • Group L. Unassigned Organisms: Not Ha'ichu Vuushdag, Things That Grow Up
  • A. The Gila Pima Ethnobotanical Lexicon
  • B. Unidentified Gila Pima Folk Plant Taxa
  • C. Scientific Names of Animals Mentioned in Text
  • D. Folk Taxonomic Adjustments in a Changing Biotic Environment.

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