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The ethnobotany of the Island Caribs of Dominica
Webbia • 12 • Published In 1957 • Pages: 513-644
By: Hodge, Walter H., Taylor, Douglas MacRae.
Abstract
This is an invaluable addition to the relatively scarce information on the Island Caribs, being a careful analysis of cultural usage and a description and a description of most of the plants employed by the Dominican Indians. The authors first present an introduction to the history and culture of the Caribs, followed by an explanation of their materials and methods of research. The body of the work is a catalog of known plants of both native and foreign origin which were or are of economic value to the Caribs. Each plant is listed according to family, genus and species, with botanical, Creole, English, and Carib names, described and placed in the Dominican geography, accounted for in terms of usage by the Dominicans and others, and cited by number in botanical collections. Data on the uses of the plants by other groups is given when available. An enumeration of plants by use and four indices of the names by languages enhance the worth of this source.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2005
- Region
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub Region
- Caribbean
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Botanist
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- George R. Bedell ; 1959
- Field Date
- 1930-1956
- Coverage Date
- 1930-1956
- Coverage Place
- Dominica
- Notes
- W. H. Hodge and Douglas Taylor
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 624-627)
- LCCN
- 08030693
- LCSH
- Black Carib Indians