The Archaeology of Andean Pastoralism - by José M Capriles & Nicholas Tripcevich (Hardcover)

About the Book

In this book leading experts uncover and discuss archaeological topics and themes surrounding the long-term trajectory of camelid (llama and alpaca) pastoralism in the Andean highlands of South America.

Book Synopsis

In this book leading experts uncover and discuss archaeological topics and themes surrounding the long-term trajectory of camelid (llama and alpaca) pastoralism in the Andean highlands of South America.

Review Quotes

"The Archaeology of Andean Pastoralism highlights the centrality of camelids for all sorts of Andean placemakings. It is currently the most comprehensive book on all aspects of Andean pastoralism, agropastoralism, camelid domestication, and the animals' significance for rituals among different Andean peoples."-- "Latin American Research Review"

This is the only book-length discussion of traditional Andean camelid pastoralism I know of that fully integrates historical, ethnographic, and archaeological information concerned with the economic and sociopolitical roles of these camelids over the past 10,000 years.
--Jeffrey R. Parsons, author of Prehispanic Settlement Patterns in the Northwestern Valley of Mexico: The Zumpango Region

About the Author

Nicholas Tripcevich is a research associate and laboratory manager for the Archaeological Research Facility at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also a contributor to Trade and Exchange: Archaeological Studies from History and Prehistory and coeditor of Mining and Quarrying in the Ancient Andes: Sociopolitical, Economic, and Symbolic Dimensions.