Learning from the llama: on the broad contours of cultural contributions and geographic expansion

Autor: Emily Wakild
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />French<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos, Vol 28, Iss suppl 1, Pp 141-159 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1678-4758
0104-5970
DOI: 10.1590/s0104-59702021000500006
Popis: Abstract 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.
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