Early Dogs and Endemic South American Canids of the Spanish Main

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dc.contributor.authorStahl, Peter W.
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-18T16:46:58Z
dc.date.available2017-07-18T16:46:58Z
dc.date.copyright2013en_US
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractAlthough common and widespread today throughout the neotropical lowlands, the domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris) may have been a relatively recent introduction into certain areas. Numerous early documents, however, implicate the precolumbian presence of tamed endemic South American canids, at least in lowland areas of northern South America and the adjacent Caribbean. These early and limited descriptions of small dogs that did not bark were eventually dismissed in the scholarly literature as simply domesticated dogs that were trained not to bark. A review of the earliest documentation of indigenous canids in the Spanish Main, and subsequent accounts of tamed endemic canids in various parts of the continent, suggests that native foxes or forest dogs could have been tamed. Varied sources written at different times and from different areas of lowland South America also mention interbreeding of endemic canids with domesticated dogs. The control of tamed endemic canids by indigenous populations could also have factored into the late appearance of the domestic dog, particularly in portions of the Amazon Basin.en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusRevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelFacultyen_US
dc.identifier.citationStahl, Peter W. (2013). Early Dogs and Endemic South American Canids of the Spanish Main. Journal of Anthropological Research, 69(4), 515-533.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.3998/jar.0521004.0069.40
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/8354
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Anthropological Researchen_US
dc.subjectDomestic dog
dc.subjectFox
dc.subjectBush dog
dc.subjectSouth America
dc.subjectCaribbean
dc.subjectAmazon Basin
dc.subjectDomestication
dc.subjectTaming
dc.subject.departmentDepartment of Anthropology
dc.titleEarly Dogs and Endemic South American Canids of the Spanish Mainen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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