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Foreword.. Preface.. Acknowledgments.. Contributors.. Part 1: General Ethnobotany.. The Scope and Aims of Ethnobotany in a Developing World.. Ethnobotany: An Old Practice, A New Discipline.. Ethnobotanical Method and Fact: A Case Study.. Ethnobotany Today and in the Future.. Ethnobotany and Phytoanthropology.. Part 2: Socioethnobotany.. New Paradigms for a New Ethnobotany: Reflections on the Case of Mexico.. Part 3: Historical Ethnobotany.. Art and Artifact as Ethnobotanical Tools in the Ancient Near East with Emphasis on Psychoactive Plants.. "This Little Book of Herbs": Psychoactive Plants as Therapeutic Agents in the Badianus Manuscript of 1552.. Gods and Plants in the Classical World.. Part 4: Ethnobotanical Conservation.. The Importance of Ethnobotany for Tropical Forest Conservation.. Quantitative Ethnobotany and the Case for Conservation in Amazonia.. A Near and Distant Star.. Part 5: Ethnobotany in Education.. Ethnobotany and the Liberal Arts.. A Unique Visual Method of Sharing Ethnobotany with General Audiences.. Part 6: Ethnobotanical Contributions to General Botany, Crop Improvement, and Ecology.. Ethnobotany and Plant Germ Plasm.. The Ethnobotany of Domesticated Plants.. The Ethnobotany of Artificial Selection in Seed Plant Domestication.. Part 7: Ethnobotany and Geography.. Current Outlook for Ethnobotany in Colombia.. Ethnobotany in Africa.. The Importance of Ethnobotany in American Anthropology.. Ethnobotanical Resources of Hot, Arid Zones of India.. Geographic Dynamics and Ethnobotany.. A Case for Ethnobotany in Malaysia.. Ethnobotany Today in Northwestern North America.. Part 8: Ethnopharmacology.. Arrow Poisons and Their Role in the Development of Medicinal Agents.. New Concepts in Medical and Dental Ethnobotany.. Medicinal Chemistry's Debt to Ethnobotany.. Historical Perspective and Future of Ethnopharmacology.. Ethnopharmacology - A Challenge

Amazonian Psychoactive Indoles: A Review.. Biodynamic Constituents in Ayahuasca Admixture Plants: An Uninvestigated Folk Pharmacopeia.. The Urgent Need for the Study of Medicinal Plants.. Considerations in the Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Ritual Hallucinogenic Plants.. Part 9: Ethnomycology.. Ethnomycology: Discoveries About Amanita muscaria Point to Fresh Perspectives.. Part 10: Archaeoethnobotany.. Archaeology and Psychoactive Plants.. Archaeobotany: Scope and Significance.. Index of Scientific Names

Published on the 100th anniversary of the science of ethnobotany, this volume provides a comprehensive summary of the history and current state of the field. The 36 articles present a truly global perspective on the theory and practice of today's ethnobotany. Inglés