Table of Contents

List of illustrations; List of tables; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Origins and definitions; 3. Nomad pastoral economy; 4. Residence, descent and territory; 5. Nomads - the invisible culture?; 6. Nomad architecture and domestic space; 7. Ali's camp: a nomad household campsite; 8. The structure and location of nomad settlements; 9. Sariaydin Yayla; 10. The lost world of Nemut Dag; 11. Nomad archaeology: an assessment; 12. Towards a model of unstable settlement systems; References; Glossary; Index.

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'The book is packed with detailed information … I do not believe there is any comparable work in the archaeology of nomadic pastoralism.' Tim Ingold, Antiquity