Through a richly detailed examination of the practices of spinning yarn from the fleece of llamas and alpacas, this book explores the relationships that herders of the present and of the past have maintained with their herd animals in the Andes.
Through a richly detailed examination of the practices of spinning yarn from the fleece of llamas and alpacas, this book explores the relationships th...
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...
Through a richly detailed examination of the practices of spinning yarn from the fleece of llamas and alpacas, Earth, Water, Fleece and Fabric
Living Beings examines the vital characteristics of social interactions between living beings, including humans, other animals and trees.
Many discussions of such relationships highlight the exceptional qualities of the human members of the category, insisting for instance on their religious beliefs or creativity. In contrast, the international case studies in this volume dissect views based on hierarchical oppositions between human and other living beings. Although human practices may sometimes appear to exist in a realm beyond nature, they are nevertheless subject to the...
Living Beings examines the vital characteristics of social interactions between living beings, including humans, other animals and trees.
