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Islands, Plants and Polynesians: An Introduction to Polynesian Ethnobotany
 
 
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Islands, Plants and Polynesians: An Introduction to Polynesian Ethnobotany [Hardcover]

Paul Alan Cox (Editor), Sandra A. Banack (Editor)


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0931146186 978-0931146183 January 1, 2003
These essays examine the diverse plant environments of Polynesia, the relationship of plants to Polynesian voyaging, and use of specific plants by Polynesians.

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These essays examine the diverse plant environments of Polynesia, the relationship of plants to Polynesian voyaging, and use of specific plants by Polynesians.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 228 pages
  • Publisher: Dioscorides Press (January 1, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0931146186
  • ISBN-13: 978-0931146183
  • Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 7.2 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,064,394 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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For the benefit of those less familiar with the great diversity of Polynesian islands-both island to island, and within an island-some elementary Pacific geography seems appropriate. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
aboriginal introduction, scenting coconut oil, intensive dryfield cultivation, breadfruit season, scent coconut oil, seeded forms, littoral forests, taro cultivation, ethnobotanical research, kava drinking, precontact times, high islands, tapa cloth, bottle gourd, canoe building, shifting cultivation
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Guinea, Bishop Mus, New Zealand, Cook Islands, Easter Island, Solomon Islands, Dioscorides Press, Timber Press, South America, South Pacific, New York, Polynesian Society, Santa Cruz, Western Samoa, Hawaiian Islands, Special Publication, Captain Cook, Australian National Univ, Hakluyt Society, Nuku Hiva, South Seas, New Caledonia, Hawaii Press, New Hebrides, Western Province
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