Penny Dransart

Earth, Water, Fleece and Fabric

An Ethnography and Archaeology of Andean Camelid Herding

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Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 500g
• ISBN-13: 9780415753821
• ISBN-10: 0415753821
• Artikelnr.: 39698119

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.