Society Of Ethnobiology Bags

Description: The Society of Ethnobiology's 47th Annual Conference logo features a newly-named species found on Sewanee’s 13,000-acre “Domain,” Phacelia sewaneensis. Artist: George Handley, Sewanee, TN.

Description: Artist: Aspen Carrillo. Wèš (Wehsh [chickadee]) is the forest guardian and Oŋ (Ong) is the bird spirit of Dá awaga (Lake Tahoe). Wèš rests upon the pinyon pine, which grows in the mountain ranges of the Great Basin, and native Lahonton cutthroat trout swim in the lake.

Description: Artist: Aspen Carrillo. Wèš (Wehsh [chickadee]) is the forest guardian and Oŋ (Ong) is the bird spirit of Dá awaga (Lake Tahoe). Wèš rests upon the pinyon pine, which grows in the mountain ranges of the Great Basin, and native Lahonton cutthroat trout swim in the lake.

Description: The Society of Ethnobiology logo design represents a split-twig figurine, made of a lemonade berry (Rhus aromatica) or willow (Salix) switch. Split-twig figurines appeared as a cultural trait in the American Southwest about 2000 B.C. among Archaic-age hunting and gathering populations in the Grand Canyon area of Arizona. They have also been found in Utah, Nevada and California, and are thought to have had some magical/religious significance concerning hunting practices. For more information, see an American Antiquity article by Alan R. Schroedl (1977, Vol 42(2):254–265).