Plants in British Columbia Indian technology
By: by Nancy J. Turner.
Series: Handbook / Royal British Columbia Museum,; no 38; Handbook (Royal British Columbia Museum) ;; no. 38.
Publisher: Royal British Columbia Museum
Published: 1979
Place of publication: Victoria, B.C., Canada
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
Subjects: Indians of North America -- Ethnobotany -- British Columbia.; Ethnobotany -- British Columbia.; Indians of North America -- Material culture -- British Columbia.
Description: Use of plants by the native peoples of coastal and interior British Columbia for technological applications, eg. for shelter clothing, nets, ropes etc. Individual plant species are listed, with their botanical descriptions, habitats, distribution in the province, and the ways in which they were employed in native technology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-295) and index.