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Comanche Marker Trees of Texas /
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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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College Station :
Texas A & M University Press,
[2016]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.