Chumash Ethnobotany
A wonderful new book, full of information about the uses of plants by the Chumash People of Southern California was recently published. It is the product of almost thirty years of research, some of it derived from more than 300,000 pages of notes written by John P. Harrington.
An excellent review was written by Matt Kettman of the Santa Barbara Independent:
It was after reading this review that I signed up for both a lecture by Jan Timbrook at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, and a field trip in the Santa Ynez Valley.
During all three activities - reading the book, listening to the lecture, and participating in the field trip, one is struck the depth of knowledge, professionalism and attention to detail by Jan Timbrook. The book is one of those books one can read and reread before going to sleep, a plant at a time, and each time learn something new.
Included in this post are some of the photos taken on the field trip.
(Indian Hemp/Dogbane - October 6, 2007 - a very rare plant in the wild)
(Deer Grass and Narrow-leaf Milkweed - October 6, 2007)
(Narrow-leaf Milkweed - October 6, 2007)
(Santa Ynez River dry bed - October 6, 2007)
Sounds like an interesting book and love the photos! Glad to see another post, it has been a while!
October 10th, 2007 | #
Yes, it has been a while and I am glad to get back to it. I had a bunch of house stuff to do, and that has been reduced to just a few things that I’ll do after about a month’s break - maybe over the holidays.
Also, this blog has been inundated with spam - up to about 300 a day. I eventually set aside some time to implement “Bad Behavior” which took all of 5 minutes (see very bottom of page) - and the spam is down to about 50 a day. Hopefully, it will diminish to nothing. The point of spam is beyond my comprehension, when there is so little feedback to the senders - the spam is all deleted. Seems like a waste of time.
October 10th, 2007 | #