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Pastoral Settlements

Pastoral Settlements is a type of rural settlement characterized by its primary reliance on livestock herding and nomadic or semi-nomadic grazing practices, distinguishing it from other rural settlements focused on arable farming or permanent agricultural cultivation.

138

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6.3K

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345

Authors

196

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2017–2026

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Publications

138

The end of nomadism?: society, state and the environment in inner Asia

Choice Reviews Online · 2000 · 308 citations

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Expansion of human settlement in Kenya's Maasai Mara: what future for pastoralism and wildlife?

Richard Lamprey, Robin S. Reid · Journal of Biogeography · 2004 · 259 citations

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Geo-Ethnoarchaeology of Pastoral Sites: The Identification of Livestock Enclosures in Abandoned Maasai Settlements

Ruth Shahack‐Gross, Fiona Marshall, Steve Weiner · Journal of Archaeological Science · 2003 · 215 citations

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Kinship and Marriage in Early Arabia

Andrew F. Lang · Nature · 1886 · 156 citations · Full text

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Kinship and Marriage in Early Arabia

Robert S. Pickett, W. Robertson Smith · The Family Coordinator · 1972 · 145 citations

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Authors

345

  1. RS
    Robin S. Reid

    International Livestock Research Institute, Kenya

    7 publications · 548 citations

    7

    h-index

  2. DW
    David Western

    African Conservation Centre, Kenya

    3 publications · 255 citations

    3

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  3. NB
    Nicole Boivin

    Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Germany

    3 publications · 374 citations

    3

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  4. AN
    Andrew N. Muchiru

    Colorado State University, United States

    3 publications · 173 citations

    3

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  5. JO
    Joseph O. Ogutu

    University of Hohenheim, Germany

    3 publications · 123 citations

    3

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Institutions

196

  1. Colorado State University

    Fort Collins, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    446 citations

  2. University of Nairobi

    Nairobi, Kenya

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    340 citations

  3. International Livestock Research Institute

    Nairobi, Kenya

    5 h-index

    13 publications

    1.1K citations

  4. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    350 citations

  5. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    332 citations

  6. Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

    Kiel, Germany

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    190 citations

  7. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    298 citations

  8. UCL Australia

    Adelaide, Australia

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    202 citations

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Venues

  1. Pastoralism Research Policy and Practice

    7 publications · 221 citations

    7

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  2. Human Ecology

    6 publications · 382 citations

    6

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  3. Nomadic Peoples

    6 publications · 78 citations

    6

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  4. Journal of Arid Environments

    6 publications · 287 citations

    6

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  5. Levant

    3 publications · 117 citations

    3

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