Origins and Spread of African Pastoralism
The extensive grasslands of Africa with rainfall <500 mm (the tsetse boundary) offer limited opportunity for agriculture, so are optimal for pastoral activities. With the possible exception of donkeys,1 no ungulates were independently domesticated in sub-Saharan Africa. While wild cattle were fou...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2006
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| In: |
History compass
Year: 2006, Volume: 4, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-7 |
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| Summary: | The extensive grasslands of Africa with rainfall <500 mm (the tsetse boundary) offer limited opportunity for agriculture, so are optimal for pastoral activities. With the possible exception of donkeys,1 no ungulates were independently domesticated in sub-Saharan Africa. While wild cattle were found in Holocene North Africa, there is some debate on whether these were independently domesticated. This article will introduce some of the arguments on the problems of the transition from hunting to herding ways of life in Africa, and the beginnings of domestication. |
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| ISSN: | 1478-0542 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: History compass
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-0542.2005.00187.x |
