Understanding the Role of Plants in Traditional Lifeways in a Mvskoke Ceremonial Community

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dc.contributor.advisorReilly, F. Kent
dc.contributor.authorBolfing, Christopher
dc.contributor.committeeMemberErhart, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.committeeMemberPenton, Daniel
dc.date.accessioned2012-07-16T19:10:35Z
dc.date.available2012-07-16T19:10:35Z
dc.date.issued2012-08
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines how a particular community of Mvskoke Creek peoples in northern Florida perceive the relationship between plants, people, and the natural world and how their participation in the traditional Busks (the ritual aspect of the traditional Mvskoke religious system) have influenced the development of those perceptions over time. This thesis will employ the theoretical approaches of phenomenology, situated learning, world-view studies, ethnoecology, ethnobotany, and traditional ecological knowledge. Themes that emerged from his research vary from perceptions of supernatural beings known as the Little People, to gardening, to traditional Medicine practices. Major focuses of this thesis include modern Mvskoke lifeways and the traditional Mvskoke ceremonial rituals.
dc.description.departmentAnthropology
dc.formatText
dc.format.extent159 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationBolfing, C. (2012). Understanding the role of plants in traditional lifeways in a Mvskoke ceremonial community (Unpublished thesis). Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, Texas.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/4228
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectMvskoke Creeks
dc.subjectBusk
dc.subjectEthnobotany
dc.subjectEthnoecology
dc.subjectPhenomenology
dc.subjectSituated Learning
dc.subjectWorld-view Studies
dc.subjectTraditional Medicine
dc.subjectLittle People
dc.subjectGardening
dc.subjectLifestyles and Lifeways
dc.subjectCeremonial Community
dc.titleUnderstanding the Role of Plants in Traditional Lifeways in a Mvskoke Ceremonial Community
dc.typeThesis
thesis.degree.departmentAnthropology
thesis.degree.disciplineAnthropology
thesis.degree.grantorTexas State University-San Marcos
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts

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