# Paleoforaging - The Ethnobotany of Some Central Texas Plants w/ Cyrus Harp

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Podcast: [Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't](https://stenobird.com/podcast/crime-pays-but-botany-doesn-t-244480)
Published: 2025-10-30T20:00:08+00:00
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Cyrus Harp is an ethnobotanist, ethnobiologist and author based out of Cetral Texas. In this episode we talk about a number of different plant species, chipping chert, using Agave & Yucca for fiber, Agarita (Berberis trifoliolata) as dye, Mescal Beans and the history of pre-European human settlement and botany in Texas.

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