Trees, knots, and outriggers : environmental knowledge in the northeast Kula Ring / Frederick H. Damon.

Author
Damon, Frederick H. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
First edition.
Published/​Created
New York : Berghahn Books, [2017]
Description
xiv, 375 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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    Series
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-363) and index.
    Contents
    • Return to the garden : gwed, locating intentions and interpretive puzzles
    • The trees : classificatory forms, landscape beacons and basic categories
    • The forests and the fire : tasim, inverted landscapes, and tree meanings
    • A story of Calophyllum : from ecological to social facts
    • Vatul : a life form and a form for life
    • Geometries of motion : trees and the boats of the eastern Kula Ring.
    Other title(s)
    Kaynen Muyuw
    ISBN
    • 9781785332326 ((hardback ; : alk. paper))
    • 1785332325
    • 9781785333200
    • 1785333208
    LCCN
    2016022585
    OCLC
    966483360
    Other standard number
    • 40026704611
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