Ethnobiological studies in the American Southwest.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Castetter, Edward F., 1896-1978.

Underhill, Ruth, 1883-1984.

Opler, Morris Edward, 1907-1996.

Bell, Willis H., 1908-1991.

Grove, Alvin R. (Alvin Russell), 1914-

Series:

University of New Mexico. Biological series ; v. 4, 1, etc.

University of New Mexico bulletin. Biological series ; v. 4, no. 1, no. 3, no. 5; v. 5, no. 1-2, no. 4-5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnobotany.

Botany--Southwestern States.

Botany.

Botany, Economic.

Physical Description:

7 nos. : maps. ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 1935-41.

Contents:

1. Uncultivated native plants used as sources of food, by E. F. Castetter.

2. The ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, by E. F. Castetter and R. M. Underhill.

3. The ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache. A. The use of plants for foods, beverages and narcotics, by E. F. Castetter and M. E. Opler.

4. The aboriginal utilization of the tall cacti in the American Southwest, by E. F. Castetter and W. H. Bell.

5. The utilization of mesquite and screw-bean by the aborigines in the American Southwest, by W. H. Bell and E. F. Castetter.

6.The early utilization and the distribution of agave in the American Southwest [by] E. F. Castetter, W. H. Bell and A. R. Grove.

7. The utilization of yucca, sotol, and beargrass by the aborigines in the American Southwest, by W. H. Bell and E. F. Castetter.

Notes:

University of New Mexico bulletin, whole nos. 266, etc.

Bibliography at end of each part.

OCLC:

29438491