Many Andeans associate animals with supernatural beings. Herders in Peru’s Ayacucho region believe that their llama and alpaca flocks do not belong to them – they’re the property of the ...

Valdez and his colleagues found the mummified llamas (Lama glama) at Tambo Viejo, an archaeological site on the Pacific coast of Peru, in 2018. The archaeologists discovered the llama mummies ...

animals and livelihoods of local communities from the impacts of climate change, says Zimmer, of the University of Texas at Austin. As is the case worldwide, glaciers are disappearing in Peru’s ...

The Inca are not necessarily Peru. They use the same territory ... include a painting of this animal. We can thank the llama for its contribution to making big empires possible in the Andes.

Animal geoglyphs on hillsides in southern Peru. Image courtesy of GBH/NOVA Isla and another Peruvian archaeologist, Luis Jaime Castillo, believe the hillside drawings show that the Paracas used ...

and their value as alpine pack animals. They are often used to protect sheep, goats, cattle and the llama’s smaller cousin, the alpaca, in the mountainous terrain of countries such as Peru and ...

Llamas, alpacas, vicuñas, and guanacos in South America are being hailed as heroes of the high plateaus for their resilience ...

Llama caddies ... regions of Peru, Bolivia, and Chile and are known as “easy walkers,” so as to not destroy the grass they tread on, according to the Rutgers 4-H Animal Science Resource ...

The Inca are not necessarily Peru. They use the same territory ... include a painting of this animal. We can thank the llama for its contribution to making big empires possible in the Andes.