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collected edition
Eva-Maria Knoll - Pamela Burger

Camels in Asia and North Africa

Denkschriften der philosophisch-historischen Klasse
541.Band
ISBN-13: 978-3-7001-7244-4 ISBN-13 Online: 978-3-7001-7350-2
Subject Area: Social Anthropology
refereed - online - print

Eva-Maria Knoll - Pamela Burger
Preliminaries page I
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Eva-Maria Knoll - Pamela Burger
Contents and Index of Pictures page V
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Eva-Maria Knoll
The Camel at the Crossroads of Multiple Perspectives: Introduction to an Interdisciplinary Encounter page 1
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Pamela Burger
Genetic Traces of Domestication in Old World Camelids page 17
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Bernard Faye - Gaukhar Konuspayeva
The Encounter between Bactrian and Dromedary Camels in Central Asia page 29
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Clemens Knospe - Joerg Kinne - Nissar A. Wani - Ulrich Wernery - Joris Peters
Embryonic Hump Development and Ancestry in Old World Camels page 37
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Adiya Yadamsuren - Enkhbileg Dulamtseren - Richard P. Reading
The Conservation Status and Management of Wild Camels in Mongolia page 45
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Yuan Lei - John Hare - Yuan Guoying - Cheng Yun
The Status of the Wild Camel in China page 55
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Chris Walzer - Petra Kaczensky - Enkhbileg Dulamtseren - Adiya Yadamsuren
Working in a Freezer: Capturing and Collaring Wild Bactrian Camels page 61
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Katja Silbermayr - Pamela Burger
Hybridization: A Threat to the Genetic Distinctiveness of the Last Wild Old World Camel Species page 69
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Alexandra Trinks - Pamela Burger - Norbert Benecke - Joachim Burger
Ancient DNA Reveals Domestication Process: The Case of the Two-Humped Camel page 79
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Maria-Katharina Lang
The Tears of the Camel: Reflections on Depictions and Descriptions of the Camel in Mongolian Culture page 87
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Otgonbayar Chuluunbaatar
The Camel and its Symbolism in the Daily Life of the Mongols with Particular Reference to their Folk Songs page 95
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Margarethe Uerpmann - Hans-Peter Uerpmann
Archeozoology of Camels in South-Eastern Arabia page 109
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Walter Dostal †
Riding Camels in Arabia: Outline of a Revised Cultural History page 123
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Johann Heiss
Caravans from South Arabia: Roads and Organization page 131
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Andre Gingrich
Camels in Star Mythology and in Everyday Rural Life: Ethnographic Observations in South-West Arabia’s Tihāma Lowlands page 141
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Daniel Martin Varisco
What Camels Eat: A Study in Arabic Ethnobotany page 151
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Darem Tabbaa
The Economic Significance and Traditional Management of Dromedaries in Syria page 163
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Arshad Iqbal
The Socio-Economic Perspective of Camels in Pakistan page 169
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Mohammed Shunnaq - Susanne Ramadan Shunnaq
Camel Trekking in Jordan: Between Oriental Perception and Authentic Tourist Expectation page 177
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Abdulsalam A. Bakhsh - Wael M. El-Deeb - Awatif A. Al-Judaibi
Camel Urine and Milk in the Arab Heritage (Folk Medicine): A Review page 187
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Anja Fischer
The Saharan Dromedary as a Sign: The Prominence of Dromedaries among the Nomadic Imuhar Society in the Algerian Desert page 193
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Maurizio Dioli
The Traditional Management of the One-Humped Camel in the Horn of Africa: Milking, Fostering and Weaning Techniques page 199
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Mario Younan - David M. Mwangi
The Informal Camel Milk Marketing Sector in Kenya and Somalia page 207
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Ibtisam E. M. El Zubeir
Extending the Shelf Life of Camel Milk page 219
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Abdussamad M. Abdussamad - Demo Joab Usman Kalla - Shehu Ahmad Maigandi
Bringing Camels into Focus: A Photo-Essay on Dromedaries in the Nigeria- Niger Corridor page 225
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Richard W. Bulliet
Afterword: Camels and Deserts page 231
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Eva-Maria Knoll - Pamela Burger
Notes on Contributors page 237
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Eva-Maria Knoll - Pamela Burger
Index page 243
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Eva-Maria Knoll - Pamela Burger
PICTURES page 247
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