Plants, People, and Culture: The Science of Ethnobotany PDF

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Plants, People, and Culture: The Science of Ethnobotany By Michael J Balick

Read Online and Download Plants, People, and Culture: The Science of Ethnobotany. Is it possible that plants have shaped the very trajectory of human cultures? Using riveting stories of fieldwork in remote villages, two of the world's leading ethnobotanists argue that our past and our future are deeply intertwined with plants. Creating massive sea craft from plants, indigenous shipwrights spurred the navigation of the world's oceans. Today, indigenous agricultural innovations continue to feed, clothe, and heal the world's population. One out of four prescription drugs, for example, were discovered from plants used by traditional healers. Objects as common as baskets for winnowing or wooden boxes to store feathers were ornamented with traditional designs demonstrating the human ability to understand our environment and to perceive the cosmos. Throughout the world, the human body has been used as the ultimate canvas for plant-based adornment as well as indelible design using tattoo inks.Plants also garnered religious significance, both as offerings to the gods and . PDF Michael J Balick Book Plants, People, and Culture: The Science of Ethnobotany.

Plants, People, and Culture: The Science of Ethnobotany by Michael J Balick

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