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Author Dransart, Penny.

Title Earth, water, fleece, and fabric : an ethnography and archaeology of Andean camelid herding / Penelope Z. Dransart.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 308 pages) : illustrations, maps
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-301) and index.
Contents 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 wayƱu ceremony in Isluga -- 5. The transformation of fleece into yarn -- 6. Historical perspectives on herding technologies -- 7. The emergence of herding societies in the Atacama -- 8. The yarns and fabrics of Tulan societies -- 9. Conclusions : earth, water, fleece and fabric.
Summary 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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Subject Aymara Indians -- Agriculture.
Aymara Indians -- Agriculture.
Pastoral systems -- Chile.
Pastoral systems.
Chile.
Aymara textile fabrics -- Chile.
Aymara textile fabrics.
Camelidae -- Chile.
Camelidae.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Dransart, Penny. Earth, water, fleece, and fabric. London ; New York : Routledge, 2002 (DLC) 2001048679
ISBN 0203219732 (electronic book)
9780203219737 (electronic book)
9780415279598
0415279593
9786610059065
6610059063
0415279593 (Cloth)
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