Mayo Ethnobotany: Land, History, and Traditional Knowledge in Northwest Mexico

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• Mayo Ethnobotany *
• Title Page *
• Contents *
• Illustrations vii
• Preface xi
• Acknowledgements xiii
• Part One 1
• 1 - The People and the Land 3
• 2 - A Brief Ethnography of the Mayos 16
• 3 - Historical and Contemporary Mayos 30
• 4 - Plant and Animal Life 62
• 5 - Eight Plants That Make Mayos Mayos 79
• Part Two 107
• 6 - Plant Uses 109
• 7 - An Annotated List of Plants 127
• Appendix A - Mayo Region Place Names and Their Meanings 273

• Mayo Ethnobotany *
• Title Page *
• Contents *
• Illustrations vii
• Preface xi
• Acknowledgements xiii
• Part One 1
• 1 - The People and the Land 3
• 2 - A Brief Ethnography of the Mayos 16
• 3 - Historical and Contemporary Mayos 30
• 4 - Plant and Animal Life 62
• 5 - Eight Plants That Make Mayos Mayos 79
• Part Two 107
• 6 - Plant Uses 109
• 7 - An Annotated List of Plants 127
• Appendix A - Mayo Region Place Names and Their Meanings 273
• Appendix B - Yoreme Consultants 276
• Appendix C - Gazetteer of the Mayo Region 281
• Appendix D - Mayo Plants Listed by Spanish Name 293
• Appendix E - Mayo Plants Listed by Mayo Name 303
• Appendix F - Glossary of Mayo and Spanish Terms 313
• Notes 319
• Works Cited 331
• Index 337