Andrés Troncoso
To inhabit the world implies the unfolding of multiple relationships and affects between humans and other-than-humans. These affective relationships act upon social life and human practices, producing the emergence of multispecies and historical landscapes. This chapter addresses how humans and camelids interacted in north-central Chile between 1000 and 1450 CE by examining archaeological evidence with a special focus on rock art and funerary practices. Our results show that a multispecies social order emerged during this period, involving a particular politics of the cosmos and of human-camelid relationships. Finally, we highlight the relevance of historical and long-term perspectives for understanding the heterogeneous and political multispecies landscapes that have occurred throughout human history.