Footprints of the Forest: Ka'Apor Ethnobotany- The Historical Ecology of Plant Utilization by an Amazonian People (Biology and Resource Management I)

Footprints of the Forest: Ka'Apor Ethnobotany- The Historical Ecology of Plant Utilization by an Amazonian People (Biology and Resource Management I) by Balee, William. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780231074841.

Based on BalTes ten years of ethnological and botanical research among the Tupf-Guaranf-speaking Indians, especially the Kaapor, of eastern Amazonia, this volume documents the ways in which the Kaapor use, manage, name, and classify many hundreds of plant species found in their habitat. From a historical and ecological perspective, BalTe shows that Kaapor ethnobotany represents an interpenetration of Amazonian culture and nature and thus constitutes a domain of scientific inquiry in its own right. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.