book chapter
Natural history in ten volumes: Volume VI. Libri XX-XXIII
Harvard University Press ; William Heinemann • Cambridge • Published In 1969 • Pages: i-xxvi, 1-157, 212-223, 293-532
By: Pliny, the Elder, Jones, W. H. S. (William Henry Samuel).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document is an exhaustive cataloguing of the medicinal uses to which plants had been put. Plinys sources were mainly Greek and Roman, and the information is not limited to Roman ethnobotany.
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Imperial Romans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Europe
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southern Europe
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Government Official
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Eleanor C. Swanson ; Marlene Martin ; 1977-1978
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 45-77
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 45-77 A.D.
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Rome, Italy
- NotesAdditional notes
- Pliny [Gaius Plinius Secundus]
- With an English translation by W. H. S. Jones
- PHARMACEUTICALS (278) has been used for discussions of the medicinal uses of plants, and researchers interested in treatments for diseases and bodily injuries, preventive medicine, and the effects plants were presumed to have on the human body should consult PHARMACEUTICALS (278). Footnotes that did not add substantial information were not indexed. Footnotes may be found in LITERARY TEXTS (539) on the page preceding the page of the text
- Only pages i-xxvi, 1-157, 212-223, and 293-532re included
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 74015292
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Natural history--Pre-Linnean works