This new, completely revised second edition provides updated information on habitat, as well as detailed descriptions of every tree or shrub species in the state. New distribution maps reflect the latest survey data, while the keys, glossary, and appendix on non-native plants make this the most useful guide to Alaska trees and shrubs ever published.

    It includes lesswell-known native basketry in addition to the more common forms. This colorful book combines basket manufacturetechniques, raw materials, forms, and decoration with information on native lifeways. More than 175 regional and tribal stylesare documented in an easy-to-use and beautifully illustrated format. Readers will be able to identify their own Indian baskets. The book's standardized terminology, identification keys, glossary,maps, and bibliographies add to its broad appeal. Hundreds of baskets were photographed for this volume in color and inblack-and-white. Many are from the famous and unparallel collection of the Peabody Museum of Harvard University where theauthors began their basketry research in the 1970's.