Principles of Tzeltal Plant Classification: An Introduction to the Botanical Ethnography of a Mayan-Speaking, People of Highland, Chiapas

Content: 
LANGUAGE, THOUGHT, AND CULTURE: Advances in the Study of Cognition, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
Inside Front Cover, Page vii
FOREWORD, Page xiii
PREFACE, Pages xv-xvii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, Pages xix-xx
CONVENTIONS, ABBREVIATIONS AND KEY TO PRONUNCIATION OF TZELTAL WORDS, Pages xxi-xxii
Introduction to The Setting, Principles, and Methods, Page 1
CHAPTER 1 - THE SETTING, Pages 3-24
CHAPTER 2 - GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF TZELTAL PLANT CLASSIFICATION AND NOMENCLATURE, Pages 25-45
CHAPTER 3 - Methods of Collecting Data, Pages 46-61
CHAPTER 4 - ETHNOLINGUISTIC CONSIDERATIONS OF PLANT MORPHOLOGY AND PLANT DEVELOPMENT, Pages 62-95
CHAPTER 5 - CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF PLANTS, Pages 96-150
CHAPTER 6 - INTRODUCTION, Pages 153-159
CHAPTER 7 - THE TREES: te?, Pages 160-305
CHAPTER 8 - THE HERBS: wamal, Pages 306-372
CHAPTER 9 - THE VINES: ?ak′, Pages 373-399
CHAPTER 10 - THE GRASSES: ?ak, Pages 400-414
CHAPTER 11 - THE UNAFFILIATED PLANTS, Pages 415-499
CHAPTER 12 - THE AMBIGUOUSLY AFFILIATED PLANTS, Pages 500-513
APPENDIX 1.1 - ALPHABETICAL INVENTORY OF TZELTAL PLANT TAXA AND THEIR BOTANICAL RANGES BY FOLK GENERIC NAME, Pages 517-559
APPENDIX 1.2 - ALPHABETICAL INVENTORY OF BOTANICAL NAMES BY GENUS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED TZELTAL PLANT REFERENTS, Pages 560-573
APPENDIX 2 - ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF PLANTS BY TZELTAL NAME IN TERMS OF THEIR RELATIVE CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE, Pages 574-579
APPENDIX 3 - POTENTIALLY VALID GENERIC NAMES, Pages 580-582
APPENDIX 4 - SYSTEMATIC LIST OF PLANTS, Pages 583-618
References, Pages 619-621
INDEX TO NON-TZELTAL PLANT NAMES, Pages 625-646
INDEX TO TZELTAL PLANT NAMES, Pages 647-656
GENERAL INDEX, Pages 657-660