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Journal of Arizona History
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Living along
the arid shores of the Gulf of California, the Seri people harvested
more than 90 species of plants for food and more than 100 species
of plants as medicine. They are the only people known to have
harvested a grain growing beneath the sea. Ethnobotanist Richard
Felger and linguist Mary Beck Moser provide detailed information
on Seri use and knowledge of more than 400 plants, presented within
the context of Seri history and culture. This profusely illustrated
book captures an ancient way of life as lived by a contemporary
people.
Richard Stephen Felger and Mary Beck Moser. 1985.
People of the Desert and Sea. University of Arizona Press, Tucson.
435 pages.
ISBN 0-8165-0818-6
This book is out of print. Copies are sometimes
obtainable through used book sellers.
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