Book
Ethnobotany of the Navajo
University of New Mexico Press • (8) • Published In 1944 • Pages: 136
By: Elmore, Francis Hapgood, School Of American Research (santa Fe, N.m.).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a compendium of Navajo ethnobotany, including plant names, taxonomy (82 families represented), and uses (medicinal, ceremonial, ornamental, nutritional, etc.)
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Flora
- Diet
- Pharmaceuticals
- Medical therapy
- Organized ceremonial
- 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.
- Ethnobotanist
- 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
- Ian Skoggard ; 2002
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1936-1943
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1936-1943
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Francis H. Elmore
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-117)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 44053699
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians