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Curating Biocultural Collections
Jan Salick (Ed.)
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Description for Curating Biocultural Collections
Paperback. This book written by interantional experts aims to develop standards of curation across all biocultual collections. and help institutions to properly care for their collections. Editor(s): Salick, Jan; Konchar, Katie; Nesbitt, Mark. Num Pages: 250 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: GM; PSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 192 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1180.
Biocultural collections are plants and animals used by people, products made from them, and/or information and archives about them. They are numerous and diverse, including biological specimens, natural products (e.g., medicine, food, fiber, oil, latex, etc.) and cultural artifacts (e.g., clothing, baskets, weaponry, tools, etc.) from around the world. Biocultural collections benefit scientists, conservationists, development workers, teachers, students, and the general public. However, these collections are poorly curated and data based - if at all - making them largely inaccessible for research and reference. At a time when wild crop relatives, landraces, and knowledge about traditional plant uses are being ... Read more
Biocultural collections are plants and animals used by people, products made from them, and/or information and archives about them. They are numerous and diverse, including biological specimens, natural products (e.g., medicine, food, fiber, oil, latex, etc.) and cultural artifacts (e.g., clothing, baskets, weaponry, tools, etc.) from around the world. Biocultural collections benefit scientists, conservationists, development workers, teachers, students, and the general public. However, these collections are poorly curated and data based - if at all - making them largely inaccessible for research and reference. At a time when wild crop relatives, landraces, and knowledge about traditional plant uses are being ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Royal Botanic Gardens
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
1183g
Number of Pages
250
Place of Publication
Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781842464984
SKU
V9781842464984
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Jan Salick (Ed.)
Jan Salick is Senior Curator at Missouri Botanical Garden. Katie Konchar is a Research Specialist, Missouri Botanical Garden. Mark Nesbitt is Economic Botany Manager at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Reviews for Curating Biocultural Collections
A stunningly visual and engaging book with a crisp, clear and example rich style. It captivates the reader with its breadth of topics and range of examples, case studies and photographs.
Winner Royal Society of Biology I recommend this book to anyone working in a museum that holds either natural history (especially zoology or botany), archaeological, ... Read more
Winner Royal Society of Biology I recommend this book to anyone working in a museum that holds either natural history (especially zoology or botany), archaeological, ... Read more