Ethnobotany - Fall 2019
Prior to Week 1.
The Use of Mastic in Greek Medicine.
The Story of Skywoman (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiaO0dL7zSg)
Sky Woman on the Turtle. (Photo Credit: Mon Canada)
Week 1. Introduction
Homework 1 illustration. (Increase size to about 200% for best readability.)
The Case Against Cutting Class (includes links to comments).
Introductory Powerpoint (saved as pdf).
Week 2. Origins of Agriculture
Powerpoint as pdf for part 1: Wheat.
Homework 2: Maize. (docx)
Article for Homework 2: Cahokia.
New Life for Old Wheat (pdf).
Plant of the week: Jewelweed.
Week 3. Origins of Agriculture continued.
Piki bread videos
1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqdyRFFtgu8 (6 minutes)
2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1FwRq6bnQE (3 minutes)
Week 3/4: Swidden Fallow (continued), Feasting Group Discussion, and PowerPoint in the Library on Friday.
Homework and Readings for the Feasting Discussion on Monday.
Assignment including homework
Feasting Studies, everybody reads this.
Sio Shalako, only the Hopi/Navajo group reads this.
Swidden Fallow powerpoint as pdf.
Friday is in Room 243 Library
Mugwort (Artemesia vulgaris) (photo: https://plantsam.com/artemisia-vulgaris/)
Mugwort (powerpoint as pdf)
Week 5
Rubber PowerPoint (as pdf)
Rubber Notes. (pdf)
Feverfew (illustration: Botanical Interests)
Feverfew (pptx as pdf)
Potato Assignment and Readings for Monday October 7.
Assignment Sheet. Includes homework on page 2.
The Potato by Ugent (unmarked version)
The Potato by Ugent (with parts you don't have to read blocked out)
Ethnoclimatology (only for the Andes group)
Traditional Chinese Medicine (pptx as pdf)
Week 6.
Monotropa uniflora (pptx as pdf)
Chipko (pptx as pdf)
Chipko Notes (pdf)
Exam Material
Week 7
Native American Ethnobotany - Great Lakes (pptx as pdf)
Native American Ethnobotany - Arizona and British Columbia (pptx as pdf)
Week 8
No class on Monday
Shaker Powerpoint (pptx as pdf)
Bison Grass Vodka (photo: https://www.caskers.com/zubrowka-bison-grass-vodka/)
Aztec Tobacco and Sweetgrass (pptx as pdf)