Non-agricultural sedentism can and still does occur in areas where the local conditions are capable of supplying sources of food throughout much of the year.
For small-scale … See more

The first sedentary sites were pre-agricultural, and they appeared during the Upper Paleolithic in Moravia and on the East European Plain between … See more

Forced sedentism or sedentarization occurs when a dominant group restricts the movements of a nomadic group. Nomadic populations have undergone such a process since … See more

• The dictionary definition of sedentism at Wiktionary
• Emily A. Schultz, Robert H. Lavenda. The Consequences of Domestication and Sedentism. From a college textbook – Anthropology: A Perspective on the Human Condition … See more

In archaeology a number of criteria must hold for the recognition of either semi or full sedentism.
According to Israeli archaeologist Ofer Bar-Yosef, … See more

Sedentism increased contacts and trade, and the first Middle East cereals and cattle in Europe could have spread through a stepping stone … See more

• Nacirema people
• Western culture
• Indian reservation
• Negev Bedouin
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