Following Spanish colonization, the food and symbolic roles of domesticated guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) changed depending on geographic setting and the ethnic composition of inhabitants. I draw on archaeology, ethnohistory, historical imagery, and historical studies to explore how Spanish social perceptions regarding edible food animals and the human body altered the culinary and ritual uses of guinea pigs after the conquest. Zooarchaeological data from Spanish colonial sites in Peru and Bolivia document differential use of guinea pigs depending on site function and who lived there. Contemporary European artistic representations show how people transformed guinea pigs into pets.

在西班牙殖民之后，驯养的豚鼠（Cavia porcellus）的食物和象征作用根据地理环境和居民的种族组成而改变。我将利用考古学，民族史，历史意象和历史研究来探索西班牙对食用食用动物和人体的社会观念如何改变征服后豚鼠的烹饪和仪式习惯。来自秘鲁和玻利维亚西班牙殖民地的动物考古学数据表明，根据地点的功能和居住地的不同，豚鼠的用途有所不同。欧洲当代艺术作品展示了人们如何将豚鼠变成宠物。