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This is a list of nomadic people arranged by economic specialization and region.
This is a '''list of nomadic people''' arranged by economic specialization and region.


Nomadic people are communities of who move from one place to another, rather than settling permanently in one location. Many cultures have traditionally been nomadic, but nomadic behavior is increasingly rare in industrialized countries.
Nomadic people are communities of who move from one place to another, rather than settling permanently in one location. Many cultures have traditionally been nomadic, but nomadic behavior is increasingly rare in industrialized countries.
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Nomadic hunting and gathering, following seasonally available wild plants and game, is the oldest human method of subsistence.
Nomadic hunting and gathering, following seasonally available wild plants and game, is the oldest human method of subsistence.
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=== Africa ===
=== Africa ===
* [[Bushmen]]
* [[Bushmen]]
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=== Africa ===
=== Africa ===
* [[Ababdeh]]
* [[Ababdeh]]
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=== Middle East ===
=== Middle East ===
* [[Bedouin]]
* [[Bedouin]]
* [[Iranian peoples|Iranians]] (all in antiquity, except for [[Bakhtiari people|Bakhtiaris]])
* [[Iranian peoples|Iranians]] (all in antiquity, except for [[Bakhtiari people|Bakhtiaris]])
** [[Alans]]
** [[Alans]]
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== Peripatetic ==
== Peripatetic ==
Peripatetic nomads offer the skills of a craft or trade to the settled populations among whom they travel. They are the most common remaining nomadic peoples in industrialized nations.
Peripatetic nomads offer the skills of a craft or trade to the settled populations among whom they travel. They are the most common remaining nomadic peoples in industrialized nations.


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=== North America ===
=== North America ===
* [[Glossary of 'carny' slang|Carnys]] (carnival people)
* [[Glossary of 'carny' slang|Carnys]] (carnival people)
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== References ==
== References ==
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Revision as of 01:03, 13 February 2012

Main article: Nomad

This is a list of nomadic people arranged by economic specialization and region.

Nomadic people are communities of who move from one place to another, rather than settling permanently in one location. Many cultures have traditionally been nomadic, but nomadic behavior is increasingly rare in industrialized countries.

Nomadic cultures are listed in three categories of economic specialization: hunter-gatherers, pastoral nomads, and "peripatetic nomads".

Hunter-gatherers

Main article: Hunter-gatherer
See also: Uncontacted peoples

Nomadic hunting and gathering, following seasonally available wild plants and game, is the oldest human method of subsistence.

Pastoralists

Main articles: Pastoralism, Transhumance, and nomadic pastoralism

Pastoralists raise herds, driving them or moving with them, in patterns that normally avoid depleting pastures beyond their ability to recover. The pastoralists are sedentary to a certain area, as they move between the permanent spring, summer, autumn and winter (or dry and wet season) pastures for their livestock.

Peripatetic

Peripatetic nomads offer the skills of a craft or trade to the settled populations among whom they travel. They are the most common remaining nomadic peoples in industrialized nations.

Most or all of the following ethnonyms probably do not correspond to one community; many are locally or regionally used (sometimes as occupational names), others are used only by group members, and still others are used pejoratively only by outsiders.

References

  1. ^ Ender, Morton. Military Brats and Other Global Nomads. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002. ISBN 9780275972660
  2. ^ Sutherland, Ann. Gypsies: The Hidden Americans. Waveland Press, 1986. ISBN 0881332356
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