The Flocks of the Wamani - A Study of Llama Herders on the Punas of Ayacucho, Peru (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Left Coast Press Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2008
First published:	2008
Authors:	Kent V Flannery • Joyce Marcus • Robert G. Reynolds
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	251
ISBN-13:	978-1-59874-460-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General
LSN:	1-59874-460-7
Barcode:	9781598744606

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