pastoralist

(noun)

A person involved in the raising of livestock.

Related Terms

  • pictograph
  • petroglyph

(noun)

A person whose primary occupation is the raising of livestock.

Related Terms

  • pictograph
  • petroglyph

Examples of pastoralist in the following topics:

  • Rock Art in the Sahara

    • It harbors one of the richest concentrations of prehistoric rock art in the entire Sahara, mainly of the Neolithic cattle pastoralist cultures, but also a number of older paintings from hunter-gatherer societies.
    • One petroglyph in Mauritania depicts pastoralists on horseback as they tend their livestock.
    • Neolithic cave painting of either hunters or pastoralists during the Neolithic Subpluvial period.
  • Samburu

    • The Samburu are semi-nomadic pastoralists who herd mainly cattle but also keep sheep, goats and camels.
  • Buddhist Wall Paintings

    • In the year 480 CE, the Huns—nomadic-pastoralist warriors from the Eurasian steppe—launched an invasion of India, and by the year 500 CE, they had overrun the Gupta Empire.
  • The Mesopotamian Cultures

    • Here, three separate cultures fused—the peasant Ubaidian farmers, the nomadic Semitic-speaking pastoralists (farmers who raise livestock), and fisher folk.
  • Gupta and Post-Gupta

    • By the middle of the 5th century a new enemy to the empire had appeared, nomadic-pastoralist warriors from the Eurasian steppe.
  • Architecture of Great Zimbabwe

    • Most were cattle pastoralists, but the discovery of gold and new mining techniques contributed to a rise in trade with caravan merchants to the north.
  • The Romans

    • According to archaeological remains, the Latins were primarily farmers and pastoralists.
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