Contents
Preface
List of Abbreviations
Part I. The People and the Setting
1. The People
2. Vegetation
3. Animal Life
Part II. Biological Ethnography: The Desert and Sea in Seri Culture
4. The Seri Calendar
5. Seri Classification of the Biological World
6. Water and Food Quest
7. The Supernatural
8. Medicinal Uses of Plants and Animals
9. Shelter and Fuel
10. Equipment
11. Adhesives, Tanning, and Pigments
12. Dress and Adornment
13. Recreation, Music, and Oral Tradition
14. Ironwood Sculpture
15. Basketry
Part III. Plants in Seri Culture: Species Accounts
16. Non-flowering Plants
17. Flowering Plants
Appendix A. Seri Plant Names
Appendix B. Seri People Named in the Text
Literature Cited
Index
Plant Genera and Families or Major Groups