Metal, Nomads and Culture Contact by Nils Anfinset;

Author:Nils Anfinset; [Anfinset, Nils]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781134944460
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Unlimited)
Published: 2022-06-15T00:00:00+00:00

Concluding Remarks

In this chapter, the focus has been on the role of nomadic pastoralists, discussing briefly central aspects of present nomads in the region, as well as archaeological implications of identifying nomads. However, the most important issues are connected to pastoral nomadism in the 5th and 4th millennia bc, and the differences that seem to develop between large parts of northeast Africa (excluding the Nile Delta) and the southern Levant. Despite a number of similarities between sites in these regions, there are also differences that indicate a wide range of different strategies and political systems in formation during the 5th and 4th millennia bc in the southern Levant. The shift and division into different economic sectors, agriculture and pastoral nomadic, was therefore a consequence of several factors and not the cause of social change. Pastoral routes may have been vital in a process also including routes of exchange and contact. The next chapter will deal with the early metallurgical and metal finds in the regions discussed by analysing contexts, forms and function of the early copper artefacts, in order to understand the role of the metal itself and the possible role of pastoral nomads.

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