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Camels in Asia and North Africa

Denkschriften der philosophisch-historischen Klasse 541.Band

Camels in Asia and North Africa

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ISBN-13978-3-7001-7244-4
ISBN-13 Online978-3-7001-7350-2
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Eva-Maria Knoll, Pamela Burger

Camels in Asia and North Africa - complete volume -

Eva-Maria Knoll, Pamela Burger

Preliminaries

I

Eva-Maria Knoll, Pamela Burger

Contents and Index of Pictures

V

Eva-Maria Knoll

The Camel at the Crossroads of Multiple Perspectives: Introduction to an Interdisciplinary Encounter

1

Pamela Burger

Genetic Traces of Domestication in Old World Camelids

17

Bernard Faye, Gaukhar Konuspayeva

The Encounter between Bactrian and Dromedary Camels in Central Asia

29

Clemens Knospe, Joerg Kinne, Nissar A. Wani, Ulrich Wernery, Joris Peters

Embryonic Hump Development and Ancestry in Old World Camels

37

Adiya Yadamsuren, Enkhbileg Dulamtseren, Richard P. Reading

The Conservation Status and Management of Wild Camels in Mongolia

45

Yuan Lei, John Hare, Yuan Guoying, Cheng Yun

The Status of the Wild Camel in China

55

Chris Walzer, Petra Kaczensky, Enkhbileg Dulamtseren, Adiya Yadamsuren

Working in a Freezer: Capturing and Collaring Wild Bactrian Camels

61

Katja Silbermayr, Pamela Burger

Hybridization: A Threat to the Genetic Distinctiveness of the Last Wild Old World Camel Species

69

Alexandra Trinks, Pamela Burger, Norbert Benecke, Joachim Burger

Ancient DNA Reveals Domestication Process: The Case of the Two-Humped Camel

79

Maria-Katharina Lang

The Tears of the Camel: Reflections on Depictions and Descriptions of the Camel in Mongolian Culture

87

Otgonbayar Chuluunbaatar

The Camel and its Symbolism in the Daily Life of the Mongols with Particular Reference to their Folk Songs

95

Margarethe Uerpmann, Hans-Peter Uerpmann

Archeozoology of Camels in South-Eastern Arabia

109

Walter Dostal †

Riding Camels in Arabia: Outline of a Revised Cultural History

123

Johann Heiss

Caravans from South Arabia: Roads and Organization

131

Andre Gingrich

Camels in Star Mythology and in Everyday Rural Life: Ethnographic Observations in South-West Arabia’s Tihāma Lowlands

141

Daniel Martin Varisco

What Camels Eat: A Study in Arabic Ethnobotany

151

Darem Tabbaa

The Economic Significance and Traditional Management of Dromedaries in Syria

163

Arshad Iqbal

The Socio-Economic Perspective of Camels in Pakistan

169

Mohammed Shunnaq, Susanne Ramadan Shunnaq

Camel Trekking in Jordan: Between Oriental Perception and Authentic Tourist Expectation

177

Abdulsalam A. Bakhsh, Wael M. El-Deeb, Awatif A. Al-Judaibi

Camel Urine and Milk in the Arab Heritage (Folk Medicine): A Review

187

Anja Fischer

The Saharan Dromedary as a Sign: The Prominence of Dromedaries among the Nomadic Imuhar Society in the Algerian Desert

193

Maurizio Dioli

The Traditional Management of the One-Humped Camel in the Horn of Africa: Milking, Fostering and Weaning Techniques

199

Mario Younan, David M. Mwangi

The Informal Camel Milk Marketing Sector in Kenya and Somalia

207

Ibtisam E. M. El Zubeir

Extending the Shelf Life of Camel Milk

219

Abdussamad M. Abdussamad, Demo Joab Usman Kalla, Shehu Ahmad Maigandi

Bringing Camels into Focus: A Photo-Essay on Dromedaries in the Nigeria- Niger Corridor

225

Richard W. Bulliet

Afterword: Camels and Deserts

231

Eva-Maria Knoll, Pamela Burger

Notes on Contributors

237

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Index

243

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PICTURES

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