Curating biocultural collections : a handbook / edited by Jan Salick, Katie Konchar and Mark Nesbitt.

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"Biocultural collections document the remarkable richness and diversity of human engagements with nature. This handbook, written and edited by experts from around the world, is the first practical resource for those involved in the use and curation of such collections. All aspects of the field are c...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Missouri Botanical Garden
Botanical Society of America. Meeting
Society for Economic Botany (U.S.). Meeting
Botany (Conference)
Other Authors: Salick, Jan, 1949- (Editor)
Konchar, Katie (Editor)
Nesbitt, Mark, 1961- (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Richmond, Surrey, UK : St. Louis : Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew ; in association with Missouri Botanical Garden, 2014.
Subjects:
Ethnological museums and collections.
Natural history museums > Collection management.
Museums > Curatorship.
Botanical gardens > Curatorship.
Ethnobiology > Methodology.
Ethnobotany > Methodology.
Museum techniques.
Material culture > Collection and preservation.
Biological specimens > Collection and preservation.
Botanical specimens > Collection and preservation.
Antiquities > Collection and preservation.
Physical Description:ix, 406 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 26 cm
Format: Conference Proceeding Book
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