Calculating the Cultural Significance of American Indian Plants: Paiute and Shoshone Ethnobotany at Yucca Mountain, Nevada

W. Stoffle, Richard; B. Halmo, David; Evans, MichaelJ.; E. Olmsted, John

doi:10.1525/aa.1990.92.2.02a00100

Public

Calculating the Cultural Significance of American Indian Plants: Paiute and Shoshone Ethnobotany at Yucca Mountain, Nevada

Published in American Anthropologist • Jun 1, 1990

Authors:

Richard W. Stoffle

David B. Halmo

MichaelJ. Evans

Abstract

Ethnobotanical studies are of interest to ethnographers, ethnobotanists, and cultural historians who study the prehistoric, historic, and contemporary contribution of plants to the sociocultural adaptations of American Indian people. A critical research issue is evaluating the differential contribut...

Subject

Ethnobotany

Sociocultural evolution

Prehistory

Finding related papers...

Discussions

(0)

No comments yet

Be the first to share your thoughts!