Learning from the llama

On the Broad Contours of Cultural Contributions and Geographic Expansion

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3074963
AutoresEmily Wakild (0000-0002-1806-0832, Boise State University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2021
Volumen28
Númerosuppl 1
Páginas141-159
Fecha de publicación2021-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaHistória Ciências Saúde-Manguinhos (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0104-5970 • E-ISSN: 1678-4758
EditorialFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s0104-59702021000500006
PMID35137864
OpenAlexW4210931168
SCIELO_PIDS0104-59702021000900141
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas17

The llama (Lama glama) is the largest domesticated animal species from South America and is today found worldwide. Andean peoples have used the llama for millennia for meat, wool, packing, spiritual etc. In order to know the history of the llama, we must learn about the peoples that have known the animal and the ways those relationships have changed over time. While also considering closely related species, including alpaca, guanaco, and vicuña, this article posits three eras of llama/human entanglements: the era of domestication in pre-Columbian Andean sites; the era of dispersal and co-mingling, from 1530s to the 1890s; and finally popular fads and global appeal

Biological dispersal · Domestication · Historical ecology · Order (exchange) · Out of africa · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Latin American history and culture · Migration, Education, Indigenous Social Dynamics