Editing Llama (section)

=== Pre-Incan cultures ===
Scholar Alex Chepstow-Lusty has argued that the switch from a [[hunter-gatherer]] lifestyle to widespread [[agriculture]] was only possible because of the use of llama [[feces|dung]] as [[fertilizer]].<ref>Anning, Caroline. (22 May 2011) [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-13439093 BBC News – Inca success in Peruvian Andes 'thanks to llama dung']. BBC.co.uk. Retrieved on 21 August 2011.</ref>

The [[Moche (culture)|Moche]] people frequently placed llamas and their parts in the burials of important people as offerings or provisions for the afterlife.<ref>Berrin, Katherine & [[Larco Museum]]. ''The Spirit of Ancient Peru:Treasures from the Museo Arqueológico Rafael Larco Herrera.'' New York: [[Thames & Hudson]], 1997 {{ISBN|0-500-01802-2}}.</ref> The Moche of [[pre-Columbian]] [[Peru]] depicted llamas quite realistically in their ceramics.