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The flocks of the Wamani : a study of llama herders on the punas of Ayacucho, Peru / Kent V. Flannery, Joyce Marcus, Robert G. Reynolds.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Flannery, Kent V., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wamani Indians--Domestic animals.
- Wamani Indians.
- Llamas--Peru--Ayacucho (Dept.).
- Llamas.
- Indians of South America--Domestic animals--Peru--Ayacucho (Dept.).
- Indians of South America.
- Indians of South America--Peru--Ayacucho (Dept.)--Antiquities.
- Ayacucho (Peru : Department)--Antiquities.
- Ayacucho (Peru : Department).
- Peru--Antiquities.
- Peru.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (253 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Routledge, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this volume, the authors present an original ethnographic study of five llama herding communities in Ayacucho, Peru. Data on herd dynamics are subjected to computer modeling in an effort to evaluate the roles of biology, symbolic and ritual behavior, ecological adaptation, and practical reason. The book contains the most detailed study of the waytakuy llama marking ceremony yet available. The role of this ceremony in preventing herds from going to extinction is evaluated against anthropological and sociobiological theory. This is an interdisciplinary book will appeal to professional ar
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Andean Nature; 3. Andean Culture; 4. The People of the Puna; 5. The Guanaco and the Llama; 6. Heard Dynamics I: The ""Oliver Twist"" Model; 7. Herd Dynamics II: The ""Santa Claus"" Model; 8. ""Chupa"" and ""Waytakuy""; 9. Herd Dynamics III: The ""Surf City"" Model; 10. Herd Dynamics IV: ""Sunay"" and Adaptation; 11. Sunay and Dual Inheritance Theory; 12. Nature, Culture, and Practical Reason; References; Index
- Notes:
- First published 2009 by Left Coast Press, Inc.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-315-41851-7
- 1-315-41852-5
- 1-315-41853-3
- 1-59874-772-X
- 9781315418537
- OCLC:
- 711747348
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