Earth, Water, Fleece and Fabric
An Ethnography and Archaeology of Andean Camelid Herding
List Price: $140.00
Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-27959-8
- Binding: Hardback
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 04/18/2002
- Pages: 336
- Trim Size: 234X156
Recommend this title to a librarian using our Librarian Recommendation Form.
About the Book
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.
You may also be interested in:
The Social Psychology of Everyday Life
Is psychology good for our health? What is the effect of class on social behaviour? In this comprehensive and fully up-to-date accoung of the...
Published 05/07/1992 | 978-0-415-01072-6
more information about The Social Psychology of Everyday Life