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Some plants used by the Bushmen in obtaining food or water
Govt. Printer • (30) • Published In 1958 • Pages: 115
By: Story, R..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work is essentially a botanical report of the flora of the Kalahari region. It is related to San culture only in so far as the author limits the specimens described to those used by the San and gives very brief, sometimes incidental, information on the cultural use of the plants. The descriptions with the photographs give as complete as possible a basis for identifying the plants, but the cultural information is scanty. The particular group of San associated with the use of any plant is indicated by the author when known; often the use is general. Plants or their parts which are referred to as 'edible' must be presumed to be so by the San, although in some cases it is apparent the author is referring to the possibility rather than the actuality of usage.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Flora
- Food preparation
- Diet
- Water supply
- Ethnobotany
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- San
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Botanist
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- George R. Bedell
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1955
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1955
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Namibia, Botswana
- NotesAdditional notes
- By R. Story ; [forward by R.A. Dyer]
- Native terms for the plants are presented in every case but indexed only for Flora (137).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 113)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 87659107
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- San (African people)