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Ethnobotany: The
Evolution of a Discipline Richard Evans Schultes & Siri Von Reis Pages: 416 Buy
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Contents , Foreword Preface Acknowedgments Contributors PART 1: General Ethnobotany The Scope and Aims of Ethnobotany in a Developing World - IANIS B. ALCORN Ethnobotany: An Old Practice, A New Discipline - E. WADE DA VIS Ethnobotanical Method and Fact: A Case Study - FRANK I. LIPP Ethnobotany Today and in the Future - GHILLEAN T. PRANCE Ethnobotany and Phytoanthropology - PRIYADARSAN SENSARMA AND ASHOKE K. GHOSH PART 2 Socioethnobotany New Paradigms for a New Ethnobotany: Reflections on the Case of Mexico - VICTOR MANUEL TOLEDO PART 3: Historical Ethnobotany Art and Artifact as Ethnobotanical Tools in the Ancient Near East with Emphasis on Psychoactive Plants - WILLIAM A. EMBODEN, IR. "This Little Book of Herbs" : Psychoactive Plants as Therapeutic Agents in the Badianus Manuscript of 1552 - PETER T. FURST Gods and Plants in the Classical World - CARL A. P. RUCK , PART 4: Ethnobotanical Conservation The Importance of Ethnobotany for Tropical Forest Conservation - MARK I. PLOTKIN Quantitative Ethnobotany and the Case for Conservation in Amazonia - G. T. PRANCE, W. BALEE, B. M. BOOM, ANDR. L. CARNEIRO A Near and Distant Star - C. EARLE SMITH PART 5: Ethnobotany in Education Ethnobotany and the Liberal Arts - EDWARD P. ANDERSON A Unique Visual Method of Sharing Ethnobotany with General Audiences - JUDITH GRACE SCHMIDT PART 6: Ethnobotanical Contributions to General Botany, Crop Improvement, and Ecology Ethnobotany and Plant Germ Plasm - MICHAEL J. BALICK The Ethnobotany of Domesticated Plants - CHARLES B. HEISER The Ethnobotany of Artificial Selection in Seed Plant Domestication - GARRISON WILKES PART 7: Ethnobotany and Geography Current Outlook for Ethnobotany in Colombia - EDUINO CARBONO Ethnobotany in Africa - JOHN 0. KOKW ARO The Importance of Ethnobotany in American Anthropology - WESTON LA BARRE Ethnobotanical Resources of Hot, Arid Zones of India - J. K. MAHESHWARI Geographic Dynamics and Ethnobotany - GEORGE R. MORGAN A Case for Ethnobotany in'Malaysia - ONG HEAN CHOOI Ethnobotany Today in Northwestern North America - NANCY J. TURNER PART 8: Ethnopharmacology Arrow Poisons and Their Role in the Development of Medicinal Agents - NORMAN G. BISSET New Concepts in Medical and Dental Ethnobotany - MEMORY ELVIN-LEWIS AND WALTER H. LEWIS Medicinal Chemistry's Debt to Ethnobotany - ALBERT HOFMANN Historical Perspective and Future of Ethnopharmacology BO R. HOLMSTEDT Ethnopharmacology-A Challenge - BO R. HOLMSTEDT AND JAN G. BRUHN Amazonian Psychoactive Indoles: A Review - JAN-ERIK LINDGREN Biodynamic Constituents in Ayahuasca Admixture Plants: An Uninvestigated Folk Pharmacopeia - DENNIS J. MCKENNA, L. E. LUNA, AND G. N. TOWERS The Urgent Need for the Study of Medicinal Plants - PLUTARCO NARANJO Considerations in the Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Ritual Hallucinogenic Plants - PETER A. G. M. DE SMET PART 9: Ethnomycology Ethnomycology: Discoveries About Amanita muscaria Point to Fresh Perspectives - R. GORDON WASSON PART 10: Archaeoethnobotany Archaeology and Psychoactive Plants - PLUTARCO NARANJO Archaeobotany: Scope and Significance - GORDON R. WILLEY
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Mind Books -
Rich collection of 36 new essays by masters in the study of people and their plants, edited by father of the field. Sections on anthropology, medicine, psychology, religion, and other elements. Ethnopharmacology section with papers on hallucinogens and more by Albert Hofmann, Bo Holmstedt, Dennis McKenna, Gordon Wasson, and others. Scientific name index. Cover - Ethnobotany has undergone a true evolution in the 20th century.
Although plants have always been important to people, and the study
of the knowledge and use of plants must go back to the beginnings of
human existence, only in our century has ethnobotany evolved as a
distinct branch of the natural sciences. Aristotle's research with
plants early on elevated this field to formal study, but it was not
until 1895 that the term ethnobotany was coined. |
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