The Snake with Golden Braids Society, Nature, and Technology in Andean Irrigation
, by Bunker, Stephen G.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780739111970 | 0739111973
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 4/13/2006
The Snake With Golden Braids seeks to understand how local inhabitants of the extraordinarily rugged Andean topography of Huanoquite, Peru came to understand their landscape and then build and maintain a system of irrigation ditches across it. Stephen G. Bunker combines a history of these systems with a rethinking of the local myths, legends, and environment to help make sense of the land and its uses.