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Cannabis : evolution and ethnobotany / Robert C. Clarke, Mark D. Merlin.
By: Clarke, Robert Connell
Contributor(s): Merlin, Mark David
Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2013.Description: XV, 434 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 29 cm.ISBN: 9780520270480 (cloth : alk. paper)Subject(s): Cannabis | Cannabis -- Evolution | Cannabis -- Utilization | Human-plant relationships
DDC classification: 362.29/5 LOC classification: SB295.C35 | C54 2013
Contents:
Natural origins and early evolution of Cannabis -- Ethnobotanical origins, early cultivation and evolution through human selection -- Cultural diffusion of Cannabis -- History of Cannabis use for fiber -- Food, feed and oil uses of hemp seed -- Historical aspects of psychoactive cannabis use for ritual and recreation -- Ethnobotanical history and contemporary context of medicinal Cannabis -- Non-psychoactive ritual uses of Cannabis -- Recent history of Cannabis breeding -- Classical and molecular taxonomy of Cannabis -- Hypotheses concerning the early evolution of Cannabis -- Cannabis and homo sapiens - present position and future directions.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-425) and index.
Natural origins and early evolution of Cannabis -- Ethnobotanical origins, early cultivation and evolution through human selection -- Cultural diffusion of Cannabis -- History of Cannabis use for fiber -- Food, feed and oil uses of hemp seed -- Historical aspects of psychoactive cannabis use for ritual and recreation -- Ethnobotanical history and contemporary context of medicinal Cannabis -- Non-psychoactive ritual uses of Cannabis -- Recent history of Cannabis breeding -- Classical and molecular taxonomy of Cannabis -- Hypotheses concerning the early evolution of Cannabis -- Cannabis and homo sapiens - present position and future directions.