Penny Dransart

Earth, Water, Fleece and Fabric (eBook, ePUB)

An Ethnography and Archaeology of Andean Camelid Herding

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. September 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134466375
• Artikelnr.: 38248226

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.