Essentials of Ethnobotany

Plants and People in the Quaternary

 
2023.1　in preparation

Mikio KIMATA

Contents 

Introduction 

Chapter 1:  Research Methods and Materials 

Chapter 2:  Comparative Ecogenetics of Annual and Perennial plants 

Chapter 3.  Domestication Process 

Chapter 4:  Origin and Dispersal of Grain Crops 

Chapter 5:  Field Works in Japan and Eurasia 

Chapter 6.  Biocultural Diversity and Natural right 

Chapter 7:  Environmental Learning Framework 

Conclusion 

Acknowledgements 

Literature cited   

Cover story:    Three annual plants grow in the paddy field. One of them is Cardamine flexuosa, Tanetsukebana in called Japanese, meaning its flowers bloom at rice grains sowing time. Another is Astragalus sinicus, Rengesou, its flowers resembling a lotus flower. The other is Alopecurus aequalis, Suzumenoteppou, its inflorescence resembling a kind of gun held by sparrow.