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The Flocks of the Wamani : A Study of Llama Herders on the Punas of Ayacucho, Peru.
Title:
The Flocks of the Wamani : A Study of Llama Herders on the Punas of Ayacucho, Peru.
Author:
Flannery, Kent V.
ISBN:
9781598747720
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (253 pages)
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.
Abstract:
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 archaeologists, prehistorians, cultural anthropologists, Andeanists, theoretical biologists, evolutionary biologists, and zoologists interested in animal domestication.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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