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Plant Technology of the First Peoples of British Columbia

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Plant Technology of the First Peoples of British Columbia - Turner, Nancy J
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In her third ethnobotany handbook, Nancy Turner focuses on the plants that provided heat, shelter, transportation, clothing, tools, nets, ropes, containers - all the necessities of life for First Peoples. She describes more than 100 of these plants, their various uses and their importance in the material cultures of First Nations in British Columbia and adjacent lands in Washington, Alberta, Alaska and Montana. She also shows how First Peoples have used plant materials to make decorations, scents, cleaning agents, insect ...

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Plant Technology of the First Peoples of British Columbia 1998, Royal British Columbia Museum

ISBN-13: 9780772658470

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