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Author Anderson, Kat, 1955- author.
Title Tending the wild : Native American knowledge and the management of California's natural resources / M. Kat Anderson.
Publication Info Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2005.



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Contents pt. I. California at contact -- 1. The wildlife, plants, and people -- 2. Gathering, hunting, and fishing -- 3. The collision of worlds -- pt. II. Indigenous land management and its ecological basis -- 4. Methods of caring for the land -- 5. Landscapes of stewardship -- 6. Basketry : cultivating forbs, sedges, grasses, and tules -- 7. From arrows to weirs : cultivating shrubs and trees -- 8. California's cornucopia : a calculated abundance -- 9. Plant foods aboveground : seeds, grains, leaves, and fruits -- 10. Plant foods belowground : bulbs, corms, rhizomes, taproots, and tubers -- pt. III. Rekindling the old ways -- 11. Contemporary California Indian harvesting and management practices -- 12. Restoring landscapes with native knowledge -- Coda : indigenous wisdom in the modern world.
ISBN 9780520933101 (electronic bk.)
0520933109 (electronic bk.)
1423730410 (electronic bk.)
9781423730415 (electronic bk.)
0520238567
9780520238565
1598757962
9781598757965
9780520280434
0520280431
0520248511
9780520248519
EAN 9780520248519
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Author Anderson, Kat, 1955- author.
Subject Indians of North America -- Agriculture -- California.
Indians of North America -- California -- History.
Human ecology -- California.
Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- California -- History.
Descript 1 online resource (xxix, 526 pages) : illustrations
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Descript data file rda
Contents pt. I. California at contact -- 1. The wildlife, plants, and people -- 2. Gathering, hunting, and fishing -- 3. The collision of worlds -- pt. II. Indigenous land management and its ecological basis -- 4. Methods of caring for the land -- 5. Landscapes of stewardship -- 6. Basketry : cultivating forbs, sedges, grasses, and tules -- 7. From arrows to weirs : cultivating shrubs and trees -- 8. California's cornucopia : a calculated abundance -- 9. Plant foods aboveground : seeds, grains, leaves, and fruits -- 10. Plant foods belowground : bulbs, corms, rhizomes, taproots, and tubers -- pt. III. Rekindling the old ways -- 11. Contemporary California Indian harvesting and management practices -- 12. Restoring landscapes with native knowledge -- Coda : indigenous wisdom in the modern world.
ISBN 9780520933101 (electronic bk.)
0520933109 (electronic bk.)
1423730410 (electronic bk.)
9781423730415 (electronic bk.)
0520238567
9780520238565
1598757962
9781598757965
9780520280434
0520280431
0520248511
9780520248519
EAN 9780520248519
Author Anderson, Kat, 1955- author.
Subject Indians of North America -- Agriculture -- California.
Indians of North America -- California -- History.
Human ecology -- California.
Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- California -- History.

Subject Indians of North America -- Agriculture -- California.
Indians of North America -- California -- History.
Human ecology -- California.
Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- California -- History.
Descript 1 online resource (xxix, 526 pages) : illustrations
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Descript data file rda
Contents pt. I. California at contact -- 1. The wildlife, plants, and people -- 2. Gathering, hunting, and fishing -- 3. The collision of worlds -- pt. II. Indigenous land management and its ecological basis -- 4. Methods of caring for the land -- 5. Landscapes of stewardship -- 6. Basketry : cultivating forbs, sedges, grasses, and tules -- 7. From arrows to weirs : cultivating shrubs and trees -- 8. California's cornucopia : a calculated abundance -- 9. Plant foods aboveground : seeds, grains, leaves, and fruits -- 10. Plant foods belowground : bulbs, corms, rhizomes, taproots, and tubers -- pt. III. Rekindling the old ways -- 11. Contemporary California Indian harvesting and management practices -- 12. Restoring landscapes with native knowledge -- Coda : indigenous wisdom in the modern world.
ISBN 9780520933101 (electronic bk.)
0520933109 (electronic bk.)
1423730410 (electronic bk.)
9781423730415 (electronic bk.)
0520238567
9780520238565
1598757962
9781598757965
9780520280434
0520280431
0520248511
9780520248519
EAN 9780520248519

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