Archaeological Review from Cambridge, Volume 2Department of Archaeology, 1983 - Archaeology |
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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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