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Ethnobotany of the NavajoBook 1944 • Elmore, Francis Hapgood & School Of American Research (Santa Fe, N.M.)
Navajo • North America > Southwest and Basin
This is a compendium of Navajo ethnobotany, including plant names, taxonomy (82 families represented), and uses (medicinal, ceremonial, ornamental, nutritional, etc.)...Navajo weavingBook 1985 • Kent, Kate Peck & School Of American Research (Santa Fe, N.M.)
Navajo • North America > Southwest and Basin
This document deals with the origin and evolution of Navajo weaving from about 1650 to the 1980s. For descriptive purposes, Kent classifies Navajo weaving into three major periods: the Classic, from 1650 to 1865; the Transition, from 1865 to 1895; an...