C Thomas Shay

Under Prairie Skies

The Plants and Native Peoples of the Northern Plains

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Produktbeschreibung

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.  

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bison Books
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781496223388
• ISBN-10: 1496223381
• Artikelnr.: 62355899

Autorenporträt

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.    

Inhaltsangabe

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