Tales of a shaman's apprentice :
Plotkin, Mark J.
Tales of a shaman's apprentice : an ethnobotanist searches for new medicines in the Amazon rain forest / Mark J. Plotkin. - First Edition - x, 328 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [291]-297).
Chapter 1 Through the Emerald Door -- Chapter 2 The search for the Black Caiman -- Chapter 3 Among the Maroons -- Chapter 4 Under the double rainbow -- Chapter 5 A recipe for poison -- Chapter 6 Across the Savannas of the Sipaliwini -- Chapter 7 Witch doctor of the Wayanas -- Chapter 8 The Semen of the Sun -- Chapter 9 Return to Kwamala.
"Fascinating and highly readable account of an ethnobotanist's research on medicinal plants and hallucinogens among the Trio and Oyana of Suriname/Brazil and the Yanomamo of Venezuela. In view of the declining importance of shamanism and loss of plant knowledge due to rapid cultural change, author encourages research promoting the patenting of indigenous knowledge of medicinal plants, which may also serve as an important revenue source for indigenous-based cultural survival programs"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. http://www.loc.gov/hlas/
0670831379 9780140129915
92050768
Indians of South America--Ethnobotany--Amazon River Region.
Indians of South America--Medicine--Amazon River Region.
Travel
Indios de Sudamérica--Etnobotánica--Región del río Amazonas.
Indios de Sudamérica--Medicina--Región del río Amazonas.
Viajar
Amazon River Region--Description and travel.
F2230.1.B7 / P56 1993
581.63409811
Tales of a shaman's apprentice : an ethnobotanist searches for new medicines in the Amazon rain forest / Mark J. Plotkin. - First Edition - x, 328 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [291]-297).
Chapter 1 Through the Emerald Door -- Chapter 2 The search for the Black Caiman -- Chapter 3 Among the Maroons -- Chapter 4 Under the double rainbow -- Chapter 5 A recipe for poison -- Chapter 6 Across the Savannas of the Sipaliwini -- Chapter 7 Witch doctor of the Wayanas -- Chapter 8 The Semen of the Sun -- Chapter 9 Return to Kwamala.
"Fascinating and highly readable account of an ethnobotanist's research on medicinal plants and hallucinogens among the Trio and Oyana of Suriname/Brazil and the Yanomamo of Venezuela. In view of the declining importance of shamanism and loss of plant knowledge due to rapid cultural change, author encourages research promoting the patenting of indigenous knowledge of medicinal plants, which may also serve as an important revenue source for indigenous-based cultural survival programs"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. http://www.loc.gov/hlas/
0670831379 9780140129915
92050768
Indians of South America--Ethnobotany--Amazon River Region.
Indians of South America--Medicine--Amazon River Region.
Travel
Indios de Sudamérica--Etnobotánica--Región del río Amazonas.
Indios de Sudamérica--Medicina--Región del río Amazonas.
Viajar
Amazon River Region--Description and travel.
F2230.1.B7 / P56 1993
581.63409811