The Archaeology of Pastoral Nomadism

作者: William Honeychurch , Cheryl A. Makarewicz

DOI: 10.1146/ANNUREV-ANTHRO-102215-095827

关键词: PastoralismPoliticsSubsistence agricultureHistoryArchaeologySpecialized knowledgeLivelihoodArchaeological recordArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Cultural studiesAnthropology

摘要: Pastoral nomadism encompasses an array of specialized knowledge concerned with the daily rhythms and long-term tempos caring for herd animals in order to extract subsistence livelihoods. It also embodies relational lives herders diverse ways which structure social symbolic worlds mobile pastoralists. This article reviews latest research on ancient pastoral nomadic communities that is emerging many parts world. We emphasize importance revolutionary advances archaeological methods biomolecular approaches have made visible pastoralist behaviors decision-making processes previously concealed record. Archaeologists are gradually producing high-resolution, multiscalar data sets required link together individual, community, regional interactions that, over time, structured economies, ritual lives, political organization.

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