Learning from the llama: on the broad contours of cultural contributions and geographic expansion
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 kn...
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-881804d2057b4ffaa8025a9ad932b8c52022-12-21T23:44:22ZengFundação Oswaldo Cruz, Casa de Oswaldo CruzHistória, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos1678-47582022-02-0128suppl 114115910.1590/s0104-59702021000500006Learning from the llama: on the broad contours of cultural contributions and geographic expansionEmily Wakildhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1806-0832Abstract 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.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-59702021000900141&lng=en&tlng=endomesticationcultureanimal historyllamabiopolitics |
| spellingShingle | Emily Wakild Learning from the llama: on the broad contours of cultural contributions and geographic expansion História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos domestication culture animal history llama biopolitics |
| title | Learning from the llama: on the broad contours of cultural contributions and geographic expansion |
| title_full | Learning from the llama: on the broad contours of cultural contributions and geographic expansion |
| title_fullStr | Learning from the llama: on the broad contours of cultural contributions and geographic expansion |
| title_full_unstemmed | Learning from the llama: on the broad contours of cultural contributions and geographic expansion |
| title_short | Learning from the llama: on the broad contours of cultural contributions and geographic expansion |
| title_sort | learning from the llama on the broad contours of cultural contributions and geographic expansion |
| topic | domestication culture animal history llama biopolitics |
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