Penny Dransart

Earth, Water, Fleece and Fabric

An Ethnography and Archaeology of Andean Camelid Herding

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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. It offers original insights into understanding gender relations among the herders who establish the working relationships with their animals that enable them to produce yarns and fabrics, while also adopting a dynamic perspective on studying technical changes that have occurred in the textile production in the Andes.

---

Through a richly detailed examination of the practices of spinning yarn from the fleece of llamas and alpacas, this title explores the relationships that herders have maintained with their herd animals in the Andes

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. April 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 156mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 685g
• ISBN-13: 9780415279598
• ISBN-10: 0415279593
• Artikelnr.: 22156831

Autorenporträt

Penny Dransart

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and Acknowledgements 1. Threads Through Time 2. Camelids, Land and
Water in the South Central Andes 3. Caring for Herd Animals in Isluga 4.
Flowers of the Herds: the Waynù Ceremony in Isluga 5. The Transformation of
Fleece into Yarn 6. Historical Perspectives on Herding Technology 7. The
Emergence of Herding Societies in the Atacama 8. The Yarns and Fabrics of
Tulan Societies 9. Conclusions: Earth, Water, Fleece and Fabric. Appendix:
The Yarns and Fabrics of the Atacama. Glossary of Terms. Bibliography.