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Islands, Plants and Polynesians: An Introduction to Polynesian Ethnobotany (Hardcover)

~ Paul Alan Cox (Editor), Sandra A. Banack (Editor) "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..." (more)
Key Phrases: aboriginal introduction, scenting coconut oil, intensive dryfield cultivation, New Guinea, Bishop Mus, New Zealand (more...)

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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.

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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.

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Hardcover: 228 pages
Publisher: Dioscorides Press (January 1, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0931146186
ISBN-13: 978-0931146183
Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 7.6 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
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Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,055,870 in Books (See Bestsellers 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

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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

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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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This book cites 60 books:

Ancient Tahiti (Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin, 48.) by Teuira Henry on 5 pages
A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas (The history of exploration) by Sydney Parkinson on 4 pages
Island Societies: Archaeological Approaches to Evolution and Transformation (New Directions in Archaeology) by Patrick Vinton Kirch on page 131, and page 133
Ethnology of Easter Island by Alfred M�traux on page 132, and page 145
Anuta: A Polynesian Outlier in the Solomon Islands (Pacific Anthropological Records No 21) by D. E. Yen on page 95, and page 133

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