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Pastoralism

Pastoralists receive most of their food from herds of domesticated animals (Massai, Bedouin). It is one of five major subsistence patterns recognized by anthropologists.[1]


  1. Kotak, Conrad. 2005. Window on Humanity: A Concise Introduction to Anthropology. New York: McGraw-Hill.