The Flocks of the Wamani

A Study of Llama Herders on the Punas of Ayacucho, Peru

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
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Author: Kent V Flannery, Joyce Marcus, Robert G Reynolds ISBN: 9781315418513
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: June 16, 2016
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Kent V Flannery, Joyce Marcus, Robert G Reynolds
ISBN: 9781315418513
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: June 16, 2016
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

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.

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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.

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