Learning from the llama

On the Broad Contours of Cultural Contributions and Geographic Expansion

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3074963
AutoresEmily Wakild (0000-0002-1806-0832, Boise State University, autor correspondente)
Ano2021
Volume28
Fascículosuppl 1
Páginas141-159
Data de publicação2021-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoHistória Ciências Saúde-Manguinhos (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0104-5970 • E-ISSN: 1678-4758
EditoraFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s0104-59702021000500006
PMID35137864
OpenAlexW4210931168
SCIELO_PIDS0104-59702021000900141
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências 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