Under Prairie Skies
The Plants and Native Peoples of the Northern Plains
Seiten
2022
University of Nebraska Press (Verlag)
978-1-4962-2338-8 (ISBN)
University of Nebraska Press (Verlag)
978-1-4962-2338-8 (ISBN)
Writer and anthropologist C. Thomas Shay traces the key roles of plants since humans arrived in the northern plains at the end of the Ice Age and began to hunt the region’s woodlands, fish its waters, and gather its flora.
In Under Prairie Skies, C. Thomas Shay asks and answers the question, What role did plants play in the lives of early inhabitants of the northern Great Plains? Since humans arrived at the end of the Ice Age, plants played important roles as Native peoples learned which were valuable foods, which held medicinal value, and which were best for crafts.
Incorporating Native voices, ethnobotanical studies, personal stories, and research techniques, Under Prairie Skies shows how, since the end of the Ice Age, plants have held a central place in the lives of Native peoples. Eventually some groups cultivated seed-bearing annuals and, later, fields of maize and other crops. Throughout history, their lives became linked with the land, both materially and spiritually.
In Under Prairie Skies, C. Thomas Shay asks and answers the question, What role did plants play in the lives of early inhabitants of the northern Great Plains? Since humans arrived at the end of the Ice Age, plants played important roles as Native peoples learned which were valuable foods, which held medicinal value, and which were best for crafts.
Incorporating Native voices, ethnobotanical studies, personal stories, and research techniques, Under Prairie Skies shows how, since the end of the Ice Age, plants have held a central place in the lives of Native peoples. Eventually some groups cultivated seed-bearing annuals and, later, fields of maize and other crops. Throughout history, their lives became linked with the land, both materially and spiritually.
C. Thomas Shay is a senior scholar in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Manitoba. He is the author of The Itasca Bison Kill Site: An Ecological Analysis, as well as numerous articles and book chapters.
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Wide Vistas, Azure Skies
1. Sculpting the Land
2. Land of the Restless Wind
3. The Land Is Sacred
4. Among the Ancient Archives
5. From Gathering to Growing
6. Nature’s Bounty
7. Medicinal and Mystical Plants
8. From Tools to Toys
Epilogue: Under Autumn Skies
Appendix: Selected Wild Plants of the Northern Plains
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 12.05.2022 |
---|---|
Zusatzinfo | 52 color photographs, 5 b&w photographs, 14 illustrations, 11 maps, 1 table, 1 graph, 1 glossary, 1 appendix, index |
Verlagsort | Lincoln |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4962-2338-1 / 1496223381 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4962-2338-8 / 9781496223388 |
Zustand | Neuware |
Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt? |
Mehr entdecken
aus dem Bereich
aus dem Bereich
der stille Abschied vom bäuerlichen Leben in Deutschland
Buch | Hardcover (2023)
C.H.Beck (Verlag)
23,00 €
eine Geschichte der Welt in 99 Obsessionen
Buch | Hardcover (2023)
Klett-Cotta (Verlag)
22,00 €