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Earth, Water, Fleece and Fabric: An Ethnography and Archaeology of Andean Camelid Herding

By Penny Dransart

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2002
ISBN
0415279593, 9780415279598, 0203219732, 9780203219737, 9780203295700
Open Library ID
OL17046091M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (5884557 bytes)
Pages
327\327
Topic
Geology
Scanned
yes
Time added
2010-11-21 21:13:21

Description

Through a richly detailed examination of the practices of spinning yarn from the fleece of llamas and alpacas, Earth, Water, Fleece and Fabric explores the relationship that herders of the present and of the past have maintained with their herd animals in the Andes. Dransart juxtaposes an ethnography of an Aymara herding community, based on more than ten years fieldwork in Isluga in the Chilean highlands, with archaeological material from excavations in the Atacama desert. Impeccably researched, this book is the first systematic study to set the material culture of pastoral communities against an understanding of the long-term effects of herding practices.

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