Mayo Ethnobotany: Land, History, and Traditional Knowledge in Northwest Mexico

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Contents List of Illustrations vii Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii part one 1. The People and the Land 3 2. A Brief Ethnography of the Mayos 16 3. Historical and Contemporary Mayos 30 4. Plant and Animal Life 62 5. Eight Plants That Make Mayos Mayos 79 part two 6. Plant Uses 109 7. An Annotated List of Plants 127 Appendix A. Mayo Region Place Names and Their Meanings 273 Appendix B. Yoreme Consultants 276 Appendix C. Gazetteer of the Mayo Region 281 Appendix D. Mayo Plants Listed by Spanish Name 293 Appendix E. Mayo Plants Listed by Mayo Name 303 Appendix F. Glossary of Mayo and Spanish Terms 313 Notes 319 Works Cited 331 Index 337 This page intentionally left blank ...