The piñon pine : a natural and cultural history /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Reno, Nev. :
University of Nevada Press,
1985, 1981.
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| Edition: | [Pbk. ed., 1985]. |
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| Online Access: | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=27869 |
Table of Contents:
- Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. Woodlands of Piñon Country; 2. Through Time and Space-How Piñons Came to Piñon Country; 3. Origin of a Species-How the Singleleaf Piñon was Born; 4. Closing the Circle-How Hybrid Trees are Formed; 5. Rats, Pines, and Pre-History-How Pack Rats Help Man Read the Past; 6. A Place to Live, Something to Eat-A Tree is What You Make It; 7. Feathered Cultivators-Birds That Plant Trees in the Desert; 8. Man Meets Tree, Tree Meets Man-Beginning a Lasting Relationship
- 9. Food That Grows on Trees-Prospering in the Great Nut Grove10. Reading Nature's Message; 11. The Piñon in Indian Myth; 12. Better Than Those of Castile-Men on Horseback Come to Piñon Country; 13. Pine Nuts as a Foodstuff; 14. Science Finds the Piñon; 15. Fuel for a Silver Empire; 16. Turning Woodlands Into Pastures-The Hard Way; 17. Tomorrow's Woodland; Pine-Nut Cookery; Notes; Bibliography; Index