Mayo ethnobotany : land, history, and traditional knowledge in northwest Mexico / David Yetman and Thomas R. Van Devender.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yetman, David, 1941-

Contributor:

Van Devender, Thomas R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mayo Indians--Ethnobotany.

Mayo Indians.

Ethnobotany--Mexico--Sonora (State).

Ethnobotany.

Mexico--Sonora (State).

Ethnobotany--Mexico--Sinaloa (State).

Mexico--Sinaloa (State).

Physical Description:

xiii, 359 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2002]

Summary:

The Mayos, an indigenous people of northwestern Mexico, live in small towns spread over southern Sonora and northern Sinaloa, lands of remarkable biological diversity. Traditional Mayo knowledge is quickly being lost as this culture becomes absorbed into modern Mexico. Moreover, as big agriculture spreads into the region, the natural biodiversity of these lands is also rapidly disappearing. This engaging and accessible ethnobotany, based on hundreds of interviews with the Mayos and illustrated with the authors' strikingly beautiful photographs, helps preserve our knowledge of both an indigenous culture and an endangered environment.

Contents:

1. The People and the Land 3

2. A Brief Ethnography of the Mayos 16

3. Historical and Contemporary Mayos 30

4. Plant and Animal Life 62

5. Eight Plants That Make Mayos Mayos 79

6. Plant Uses 109

7. An Annotated List of Plants 127

Appendix A. Mayo Region Place Names and Their Meanings 273

Appendix B. Yoreme Consultants 276

Appendix C. Gazetteer of the Mayo Region 281

Appendix D. Mayo Plants Listed by Spanish Name 293

Appendix E. Mayo Plants Listed by Mayo Name 303

Appendix F. Glossary of Mayo and Spanish Terms 313.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-335) and index.

ISBN:

0520227212

OCLC:

47056277