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.