property · prop_pastoral_component
Pastoral component
Marks evidence that herding or mobile pastoral practices formed a significant part of a community’s economy.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Research description
The property does not imply full nomadism, one migration, a tribe, or a permanent opposition between pastoral and settled people.
Evidence and sources
- informs · contextualizes
Persistent Pastoralism: Monuments and Settlements in the Archaeology of Dhofar — Joy McCorriston (2023)Provides a long-term Dhofar pastoral framework.
Locator: Pastoralism, monuments and settlement chapters - informs · contextualizes
The Pre-Aksumite Period: Indigenous Origins and Development in the Horn of Africa — A. Catherine D’Andrea, Lynn Welton, Andrea Manzo, Helina S. Woldekiros, Steven A. Brandt, Alemseged Beldados, Elizabeth A. Peterson, Laurie A. Nixon-Darcus, Michela Gaudiello, Shannon R. Wood, Habtamu Mekonnen, Stephen Batiuk, Yemane Meresa, Abel Ruiz-Giralt, Carla Lancelotti, Abebe Mengistu Taffere, Lucas M. Johnson (2023)Provides mixed pastoral and farming evidence.
Locator: Mezber economy and settlement discussion - supports · provides archaeological observation
Oscillating Diachronic Mobility Patterns in Prehistoric Eastern Sudan Revealed by 87Sr/86Sr Isotope Analysis — Giusy Capasso, Alessandra Sperduti, Habab Idriss Ahmed, Anna Cipriani, Luca Bondioli, Alessia Nava, Federico Lugli, Andrea Manzo (2026)Provides direct evidence for varied mobility among sampled individuals.
Locator: Isotope results and mobility discussion