The economic organization of early camelid pastoralism in the Andean highlands of Bolivia
By: José M. Capriles
Series: BAR international series -- 2597; BAR international series -- 2597.
Publisher: Archaeopress
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9781407312293
Subjects: Pastoral systems; Indians of South America; Antiquities; Camelidae; Excavations (Archaeology)
Description: "The domestication of South American camelids (llamas and alpacas) transformed the use of the Andean landscape. In the central altiplano of Bolivia, during the Formative Period (1500 BC - AD 500) a cultural complex known as Wankarani developed. This book discusses the development of early camelid pastoralism by testing a set of hypotheses related to Wankarani economic organization. In contrast with previous ideas that suggested the emergence of sedentary agricultural villages in this region, settlement patterns, site layouts and faunal remains analyses support the interpretation that the development and persistence of mobile pastoralist communities occurred in the Bolivian central altiplano."--Publisher's web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-184).
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The world of pastoralism and camelid herding; title: Research problem: Early camelid pastoralism in the Central Altiplano; title: Study area; title: Materials and methods; title: Archaeological survey and settlement patterns; title: Archaeological excavations and settlement layouts; title: Zooarchaeological analyisis; title: Discussion: understanding early Andean camelid pastoralism; title: Conclusions.