The Flocks of the Wamani

by Kent V. Flannery, Joyce Marcus, Robert G. Reynolds

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0122598369
• ISBN13: 9780122598364
• Release Date: April 1989
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"