Book
Cherokee plants and their uses: a 400 year history
Herald Pub. Co. • Sylva, N. C. • Published In 1975 • Pages:
By: Hamel, Paul B., Chiltoskey, Mary Ulmer.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work examines Cherokee knowledge and use of plants over the past 400 years. The bulk of the data on Cherokee ethnobotany in this document comes from information collected by Chiltoskey over a thirty year period from residents of Cherokee, North Carolina. The first part of this work examines different spheres of historic and contemporary Cherokee society -- religion, medicine, social activities and daily life - and the role and use of plants in each sphere. The discussion of the different spheres of Cherokee society is at the general level and not especially informative; the interested reader should refer to more authoritative sources. The second part of this work is an extensive list of plants known to the historic and contemporary Cherokee and the medicinal, food and other uses made of each. Also included is an index to the plants discussed.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Flora
- Diet
- Pharmaceuticals
- Bodily injuries
- Medical therapy
- Ethnobotany
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Cherokee
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Unknown
- 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
- Gerald Reid ; John Beierle ; 1987
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1540-1973
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- 'Qualla Boundary' [Cherokee Indian Reservation], North Carolina, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Paul B. Hamel & Mary U. Chiltoskey
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 64-65) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 75027776
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Cherokee Indians