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Native Plants Of Southern Nevada
David Rhode
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Description for Native Plants Of Southern Nevada
Paperback. A field guide to plants from the southern Great Basin/northern Mojave desert region that Paiute and Shoshone peoples sustained on through their shared way of life and harvesting. Num Pages: 188 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL9; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 426.
The southern Great Basin/northern Mojave desert region is home to several different Paiute and Shoshone peoples, all of whom speak languages in the Numic language family. These societies shared a way of life based mainly on harvesting wild plants, following an annual cycle of moving and gathering the seasonally abundant resources. Because of this, they were familiar with and used the full range of plant communities, from the warm-desert Mojave to the cold-desert Great Basin, becoming practiced botanists. They learned which plants and plant parts were useful for curing certain ailments, which produced colorful dyes, which would keep spirits away, ... Read more
The southern Great Basin/northern Mojave desert region is home to several different Paiute and Shoshone peoples, all of whom speak languages in the Numic language family. These societies shared a way of life based mainly on harvesting wild plants, following an annual cycle of moving and gathering the seasonally abundant resources. Because of this, they were familiar with and used the full range of plant communities, from the warm-desert Mojave to the cold-desert Great Basin, becoming practiced botanists. They learned which plants and plant parts were useful for curing certain ailments, which produced colorful dyes, which would keep spirits away, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Utah Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Salt Lake City, United States
ISBN
9780874807226
SKU
V9780874807226
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About David Rhode
David Rhode is research professor of archaeology and paleoecology at the Desert Research Institute in Reno, Nevada.
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