Book
Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho
The Museum • 40 (4) • Published In 1952 • Pages: 94
By: Vestal, Paul Anthony.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This report is the fourth in the Ramah Project series. Written by an ethnobotanist, it is a compendium of Navajo ethnobotany covering the flora of the Ramah area, Navajo plant nomenclature and uses. The report is particularly important for the coverage given medicinal and ceremonial uses of the plants. Also worth noting is the coverage given to veterinary applications. Data were gathered from approximately 3500 interviews with 56 informants. However, the reader should note that the reliability of the information is sometimes compromised by small number of respondents identifying the particular plant. Organizationally this is a technical source and the reader should consult OCM category 128 for a full explanation of symbols and abbreviations.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Interviewing in research
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Flora
- Collecting
- Domesticated animals
- Pastoral activities
- Tillage
- Vegetable production
- Food preparation
- Diet
- Recreational and non-therapeutic drugs
- Preventive medicine
- Bodily injuries
- Medical therapy
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Navajo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2004
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- 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.
- Natural Scientist
- 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
- Richard A. Wagner ; 1985
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1939, 1941
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ramah area, northwestern New Mexico, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Paul A. Vestal
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 81)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- a 53009892
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians