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001 92050768
003 DLC
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008 921020s1993 nyuaf b 000 0aeng
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050 00 $aF2230.1.B7$bP56 1993
082 00 $a581.6/34/09811$220
100 1 $aPlotkin, Mark J.
245 10 $aTales of a shaman's apprentice :$ban ethnobotanist searches for new medicines in the Amazon rain forest /$cMark J. Plotkin.
260 $aNew York :$bViking,$c1993.
300 $ax, 318 p., [8] p. of plates :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [291]-297).
520 1 $a"Fascinating and highly readable account of an ethnobotanist's research on medicinal plants and hallucinogens among the Trio and Oyana of Suriname/Brazil and the Yanomamo of Venezuela. In view of the declining importance of shamanism and loss of plant knowledge due to rapid cultural change, author encourages research promoting the patenting of indigenous knowledge of medicinal plants, which may also serve as an important revenue source for indigenous-based cultural survival programs"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.$uhttp://www.loc.gov/hlas/
650 0 $aIndians of South America$xEthnobotany$zAmazon River Region.
650 0 $aIndians of South America$xMedicine$zAmazon River Region.
600 10 $aPlotkin, Mark J.
651 0 $aAmazon River Region$xDescription and travel.