Describe patterns of seasonal site distribution.What factors do you think led to the domestication of animals (and perhaps plants) in this region? Do you think human population pressure played a role? And do the data support Ingold’s alternative interpretation of the trajectory of domestication?
Archaeology, anthropology Studying Domestication in the Andes Introduction Several thousand years ago, Indigenous people living in the Andes and the Amazon domesticated a series plants and animals, including potatoes, tomatoes, llamas and alpacas, that continue to be vital sources of sustenance today – including for many people living outside South America! While some archaeological research […]