Nomads in Archaeology

This book addresses the problem of how to study mobile peoples using archaeological techniques.

Roger Cribb (Author)

9780521545792, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 8 July 2004

268 pages, 78 b/w illus. 7 tables
24.6 x 18.9 x 1.4 cm, 0.49 kg

'The book is packed with detailed information … I do not believe there is any comparable work in the archaeology of nomadic pastoralism.' Tim Ingold, Antiquity

Nomads in Archaeology addresses the problem of how to study mobile peoples using archaeological techniques. It therefore deals not only with the prehistory and archaeology of nomads but also with current issues in theory and methodology, particularly the concept of 'site structure'. This is the first volume to be devoted exclusively to nomad archaeology. It includes sections on the history and origins of pastoral nomad societies, the economics of pastoralism, social organisation of pastoral communities and the 'visibility threshold' of nomad material culture. Examples and case studies are drawn from field work and published sources primarily in Turkey and Iran.

List of illustrations
List of tables
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Origins and definitions
3. Nomad pastoral economy
4. Residence, descent and territory
5. Nomads - the invisible culture?
6. Nomad architecture and domestic space
7. Ali's camp: a nomad household campsite
8. The structure and location of nomad settlements
9. Sariaydin Yayla
10. The lost world of Nemut Dag
11. Nomad archaeology: an assessment
12. Towards a model of unstable settlement systems
References
Glossary
Index.

Subject Areas: Biography: historical, political & military [BGH]