semi-nomadic
Sometimes settling down
Semi-nomadic describes a way of life that combines seasonal movement with periods of fixed settlement.
Unlike fully nomadic peoples who move continuously, semi-nomadic groups typically have a home base—often for agriculture—but migrate seasonally for herding, hunting, or trade: The semi-nomadic tribe wintered in the valley and followed their flocks to mountain pastures each summer.
Regular movement between habitats
- yurtsPortable circular tent homes
- encampmentsTemporary group living sites
- caravansGroups traveling together
- herdersLivestock guardians and guides
pastoralists · foragers · hunting-gathering · clans · ancestral lands · oral traditions · horsemanship · barter
Managing animal groups
- grazingFeeding on pasture
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
- shepherdingGuiding a group protectively
- pasturelandLand for grazing animals
rangeland · steppe · savanna · animal husbandry · milking · wool-gathering · cheese-making · herdsman
seasonal migration
Regular movement between habitats
- yurtsPortable circular tent homes
- encampmentsTemporary group living sites
- caravansGroups traveling together
herders · pastoralists · foragers · hunting-gathering · clans · ancestral lands · oral traditions · horsemanship · barter · trade routes
herding
Managing animal groups
- grazingFeeding on pasture
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
- shepherdingGuiding a group protectively
pastureland · rangeland · steppe · savanna · animal husbandry · milking · wool-gathering · cheese-making · herdsman · droving
itinerant
Moving for work
- wanderingTraveling with no fixed course
- migratoryRegularly moving between regions
- peripateticGiven to wandering about
roving · transient · circuit · territory · routes · pathways · wayfaring · resettlement · mobile · relocating
clan
Related group sharing ancestry
- kinshipState of being related
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- tribal customsGroup's inherited social practices
elders · shamanism · animism · totems · rituals · folklore · oral history · lineage · heritage · cosmology
- rangelandsgrazing, paddock, native vegetation, grassland, rest period
semi-nomadicsedentary
Characterized by much sitting
settled · fixed · rooted · stationary · established