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Alpacas were domesticated thousands of years ago. The Moche people of Northern Peru often used alpaca images in their art. [6] Traditionally, alpaca were bred and raised in herds, grazing on the level meadows and escarpments of the Andes, from Ecuador and Peru to Western Bolivia and Northern Chile, typically at an altitude of 3,500 to 5,000 metres (11,000 to 16,000 feet) above sea level. [7]
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By the end of the last ice age (10,000–12,000 years ago), camelids were extinct in North America. [3] As of 2007, there were over seven million llamas and alpacas in South America. Some were imported to the United States and Canada late in the 20th century; their descendants now number more than 158,000 llamas and 100,000 alpacas. [5]
North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, Papua New Guinea: research, venom, pets Captive-bred Common in captivity, becoming rare in the wild 6c Other arthropods: Crested (Correlophus ciliatus) and suras geckos (C. sarasinorum) date uncertain New Caledonia: pets Captive-bred
The bean is native to Mexico and Central America and later began to be cultivated in South America. Indigenous peoples of North America began practicing farming approximately 4,000 years ago, late in the Archaic period of North American cultures. Technology had advanced to the point where pottery had started to become common and the small-scale ...
Lama is a genus containing the South American camelids: the wild guanaco and vicuña and the domesticated llama, alpaca, and the extinct chilihueque.Before the Spanish conquest of the Americas, llamas, alpacas, and chilihueques were the only domesticated ungulates of the continent.
North American ethnic group stubs (4 C, 18 P) Pages in category "Ethnic groups in North America" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
In North America, the later stages are grouped instead into the Woodland period and Mississippian culture. Metallurgy in pre-Columbian America included for some cultures equivalents to Eurasian Copper Age and Bronze Age technology: In North America, cold copper working is found in the Old Copper complex, Hopewellian exchange, and Mississippian ...