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A Zapotec natural history : trees, herbs, and flowers, birds, beasts, and bugs in the life of San Juan Gbëë / Eugene S. Hunn.
Penn Museum Library - Desk F1221.Z3 H86 2008 1 v. + CD-ROM
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hunn, Eugene S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Zapotec Indians--Ethnobotany--Mexico--San Juan Gbëë.
- Zapotec Indians.
- Zapotec Indians--Ethnozoology--Mexico--San Juan Gbëë.
- Zapotec Indians--Ethnobiology--Mexico--San Juan Gbëë.
- Ethnobotany--Mexico--San Juan Gbëë.
- Ethnobotany.
- Names, Zapotec--Mexico--San Juan Gbëë.
- Names, Zapotec.
- Plant names, Popular--Mexico--San Juan Gbëë.
- Plant names, Popular.
- Ethnobiology.
- Ethnozoology.
- San Juan Gbëë (Mexico)--Social life and customs.
- San Juan Gbëë (Mexico).
- Mexico.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 261 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 CD-ROM (sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.)
- 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2008]
- System Details:
- digital
- optical
- text file
- Summary:
- Accompanying CD-ROM contains ... "detailed inventories of all plant, animal, and fungal categories recognized by San Juan's people, a series of indexes, a library of more than 1,200 images illustrating the town's plants, people, landscapes, daily activities ... [and] files containing sounds of village life."--Dust jacket.
- Contents:
- 2 Guiedz / The Town 19
- 3 Lo Liu Sanfwan / The Land 55
- 4 Le / Names for Plants and Animals 78
- 5 Dooz / The Milpa 118
- 6 Ncuaan / Medicines from Plants 151
- 7 Guiee / Flowers 198
- 8 Xpeed / The Children 224.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-251) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780816526178
- 0816526176
- OCLC:
- 193899779
- Online:
- Online version of CD-ROM
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