Comanche Marker Trees of Texas /

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In this unprecedented effort to gather and share knowledge of the Native American practice of creating, designating, and making use of marker trees, an arborist, an anthropologist, and a Comanche tribal officer have merged their wisdom, research, and years of personal experience to create Comanche M...

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Autores principales: Houser, Steve, 1959- (Autor), Arterberry, Jimmy W., 1961- (Autor), Pelon, Linda (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2016]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Trees.
Natural monuments.
Historic trees.
Comanche Indians.
Monuments naturels > Texas.
Comanche (Indiens) > Texas.
Arbres > Texas > Folklore.
Natural monuments > Texas.
Historic trees > Texas.
Comanche Indians > Texas.
Trees > Texas > Folklore.
Trees > Texas > Identification.
Texas.
Texas > Histoire locale.
Texas > History, Local.
Local history.
Field guides.
Folklore.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part 1: The process. Basic information regarding Indian marker trees
  • Early recorded history of Indian marker trees
  • The process of qualifying and recognizing trees
  • Comanche marker tree taxonomy: Comanche marker/Turning/Pointing/Leaning/Bent trees (Medicine Trees)
  • Determining the age range of a tree
  • Maps of recognized and potential Comanche marker trees
  • Part 2: Tree biology and natural forces. Nature can create bent trees
  • Bending trunks and limbs alters their biological and mechanical functions
  • Part 3: Profiles of recognized Comanche marker trees. Gateway Park Comanche marker tree: Lower White Rock Creek Section of Dallas's Great Trinity Forest
  • Storytelling Place Comanche marker tree
  • Cedar Ridge Comanche marker tree
  • California Crossing Comanche marker tree
  • Birds Fort Trail Comanche marker tree
  • Irving Escarpment Ridge Comanche marker tree
  • Comanche marker trees conclusion.

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