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Some ethnological data concerning one hundred Yucatan plants
Govt. print. off. • (29) • Published In 1943 • Pages: 189-226
By: Steggerda, Morris.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper is based on an ethnobotanical study of plants collected in the vicinity of Chichén Itzá. Although 225 species of plants and data on their use were collected, this publication presents only the new material found on 100 plants. For each plant the scientific name is given as well as the Maya and Spanish name, then a brief description of the plant and its use. The most prevalent use is to cure diseases, as such information is given for 60 plants. An alphabetical list of plants arranged according to their Maya names appears on pp. 218-220.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Medical therapy
- Ethnobotany
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Maya (Yucatán Peninsula)
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Maya Area
- 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.
- Physical Anthropologist
- 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
- Joan Steffens ; 1965
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1931-1939
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1931-1939
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Chichén Itzá area, Yucatan, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Morris Steggerda
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayas