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Khadish P. Power Dynamics between Sedentary and Nomadic Societies: Insights from a Fortified Settlement in Southwestern Iran. Archaelogy 2024; 4 (2) : 3
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The introduction of organized vertical migration by nomadic herders in the Near East after the second millennium BC created both opportunities and challenges for both nomadic and sedentary communities along migration routes. Settled groups, who had maintained a relatively stable lifestyle for millennia, were now forced to endure new pressures, particularly the risk of their farmlands being trampled by large herds passing through. This led to inevitable tensions, much like the earlier conflicts between hunter-gatherers and agriculturalists. Investigating how these societies managed these tensions is challenging, due largely to limited available archaeological evidence as well as scarcity of textual sources. This paper examines findings from the excavation at a fortified settlement near Kuhdasht, southwestern Iran. These findings offer new insights into how sedentary communities may have attempted to exert control over nomadic groups. The present article analyzes the archaeological evidence, and explores the ethnoarchaeological data on the Qashqai nomads of Iran to shed some light on the complex power dynamics between these distinct settled and mobile societies.
Article number: 3
Type of Study: Original Research Article |
Subject:
Archeology and History of Art
Received: 2024/05/14 | Accepted: 2024/08/28 | Published: 2024/09/21
Received: 2024/05/14 | Accepted: 2024/08/28 | Published: 2024/09/21
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