The Inca Dogs and Their Ancestors
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The Inca Dogs and Their Ancestors
Yazar:
Wylde, Michael, author.
ISBN:
9780438122369
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1 electronic resource (118 pages)
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Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-11(E), Section: A.
Advisors: Susan deFrance.
Özet:
As noted by Brothwell over thirty years ago, "[archaeological] remains of dogs have been discovered in Peru for over 100 years, but relatively little information is available on them" (Brothwell 1979:139); this situation is little changed in the ensuing decades. Although dog remains have been uncovered in their hundreds, perhaps thousands, no synthesis exists of their cultural context and meaning geographically and temporally. Andean collections in both Peru and in North America remain little studied, yet hold much important information on not only the dogs themselves, but on their related human counterparts as well. Dogs were in some cases restricted as status items in the same way as precious metals and vicuna cloth and other forms of wealth were in the Inca Empire, reserved for persons and families of status. In early European contexts, "an important function of the graves...is to indicate the status of the deceased" and "high numbers of dogs in a grave reinforce the argument that an important function of the animals was to demonstrate status or prestige"; the authors conclude that "the dog burials were grave gifts...to mark the prestige, importance, and wealth of the deceased." (Prummel 1992:151,157; Bennett 1989) The status of the dog developed over time; from earliest archaic dogs that may have been hunting companions or camp followers, the dog's status changed as human societies became sedentary and stratified themselves. As the various cultures of the Andean diaspora become more complex, with larger populations, bureaucratic governance, monumental architecture, complicated trade practices, and multivariate social networks, so does the place of the dog become more complex itself. This dissertation elucidates the social role of the dog in ancient Peru as an artifact through archaeological and iconographic interpretation. Through the use of case studies, I investigate these various niches made by and for dogs in the societies of the ancient Andes. Dogs were important as status symbols, as companion animals, as sacrifices, psychopomps, and as exotic belongings. The dog occupies a dichotomous role in most societies, and the ancient Andes are no exception. The role of dogs through time and space in the Andes shifts in meaning, but is always multivariate in the human societies it inhabits. It does appear that the diversity of dog breeds and differing morphology increases over time in the Andes, as do social systems; from earliest generalist type dogs to the diversity of size and conformation found at pre-contact Pachacamac, dog become increasingly varied, as do social systems.
The large numbers of dogs available for study are a neglected archaeological resource, and one that can provide a wide variety of information on human life and cultures in ancient Peru.
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School code: 0070
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