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list price: $28.95
edition:Paperback
category: Science
published: Oct 1998
ISBN:9780774806879
publisher:
UBC Press
Description
Nancy Turner focuses on the plants that provided heat, shelter, transportation, clothing, clothing, nets, ropes, and containers -- the necessities of life for First Peoples in B.C. and adjacent territories. She also shows how plant materials were effectively used in many other ways, such as for decoration and ornamentation, as scents, cleansing agents, and insect repellents, and for recreational activities.
Over the millennia, the First Peoples have become highly skilled in the arts of working with plant materials. Turner describes more than 100 plants, their various uses and their importance in the material cultures of First Nations. Each description has a colour photograph of the plant to aid in its identification.
Contributor Notes
Nancy J. Turner is a professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria and a research affiliate at the Royal B.C. Museum. She is a leading authority on ethnobotany in B.C. and is the author of many books on the subject.
Editorial Reviews
... this volume is a culmination of plant knowledge form the fields of ethnobotany, botany, ethnology, and particularly the work of Turner and the multitude of Aboriginal peoples she has worked with in the province. Plant Technology of First Peoples in British Columbia is a well-organized, written, and formatted resource. The photographs, though small, are clear and now in colour ... These various attributes combine to make this a multi-purpose that reaches a diverse audience, including aboriginal and academic researchers as well as the general public.
— The Midden, vol.32, no. 1-2000
This excellent field guide to many plants native to British Columbia emphasizes the traditional technological uses of plant materials by the First Peoples of the region ... This well-organized, clearly written book contains a wealth of fascinating information for both the ethno-botanist and the interested layperson.
— CBRA, 4226
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