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The Characteristics of Nomad Sites In the course of research into the
archaeology of nomadic pastoral sites in the Near East , I undertook an
ethnoarchaeological study of contemporary nomad campsites both occupied and
abandoned .
The Characteristics of Nomad Sites In the course of research into the
archaeology of nomadic pastoral sites in the Near East , I undertook an
ethnoarchaeological study of contemporary nomad campsites both occupied and
abandoned .
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What did emerge was that nomad camps were organised in a fundamentally
different way from most sedentary settlements . Camps were open in plan with
tents arranged in loose rows or clusters , frequently aligned in the same direction
but ...
What did emerge was that nomad camps were organised in a fundamentally
different way from most sedentary settlements . Camps were open in plan with
tents arranged in loose rows or clusters , frequently aligned in the same direction
but ...
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Centuries , perhaps millennia of orderly migration , packing , stacking and
repacking household impedimenta , and making long disused campsites livable ,
have honed the nomad ' s domestic arrangements down to a basic repertoire ...
Centuries , perhaps millennia of orderly migration , packing , stacking and
repacking household impedimenta , and making long disused campsites livable ,
have honed the nomad ' s domestic arrangements down to a basic repertoire ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Archaeological review from Cambridge, Volume 2, Issue 2 Archaeological review from Cambridge |
| Published | 1983 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 12 Apr 2011 |
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