1. Human and Raptor Interactions in the Context of a Nomadic Society : Anthropological and Ethno-Ornithological Studies of Altaic Kazakh Falconry and its Cultural Sustainability in Western Mongolia
by Takuya Soma 
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Description: ISBN10: 3862195651, ISBN13: 9783862195657, [publisher: Kassel University Press] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This research project focuses on contemporary eagle-taming falconry practice of the Altaic Kazakhs animal herding society in Bayan Ulgii Province in Western Mongolia. It aims to contributing both theoretical and empirical criteria for cultural preservation of Asian falconry. This cultural as well as environmental discourse is illustrated with concentrated field research framed by ecological anthropology and ethno-ornithology from the viewpoint of 'Human-Animal Interaction (HAI)' and 'Human-Animal Behavior (HAB)'. [Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 2015]