Characteristics of Nomads
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NOMADS
NOMADISM
Individual or human group that continuously moves in order to ensure its subsistence.
They do not live all year in the same place. They travel through certain known territories.
moving according to the seasons to obtain their food.
CHARACTERISTICS
Nomadic tribes did not know agriculture; they hunted, fished, and ate from the
fruits they found, this meant that their diet was conditioned by their
geographical environment.
They were gatherers: a person or animal that collects the fruits provided to them by the
nature, such as wild fruits, roots, larvae, eggs, and crustaceans.
They took shelter in caves during cold times or transported their homes from one place to another.
to another, so they had to be very light, they were generally made with branches and
animal skins.
They used tools like axes made of stone and other utensils made of
wood and bone.
His outfit was made of animal skins.
Women were responsible for gathering food and men for hunting.
mammoths, horses, deer, etc.
They formed groups of 20 or 30 individuals united by family ties, forming clans.
There was a social hierarchy where the elders (due to their experience) and women
(for reproduction), they were highly valued.
In Chile, we find in this group the Changos, the Pehuenche, the Puelche, the
Tehuelche (also called Patagones), the Chonos, the Alacalufes, the Yaganes and the
Onas.
SEDENTARISM
It is a way of living for human groups that settle in a place in a manner
permanent and develop their life linked to the same habitat.
MAIN CHARACTERISTICS
This type of life arises thanks to the discovery of agriculture.
Their homes were made of more solid material, like mud or straw, and they were grouped together.
in small towns in low-lying areas.
They settled in fertile plains, near water supplies, as they had to
to care for animals, plantations, and harvests.
The emergence of new agricultural tasks necessitated the development of new tools such as
knives or sickles and stone mills.
They used pottery for storing grain and liquids, it also allowed for
the cooking of food.
Animals such as dogs, goats, sheep, and pigs were domesticated.
They wore clothing made of linen or wool.
In Chile, we can highlight the following sedentary peoples: Atacameños, the
Diaguitas, the Picunches, the Mapuches, and the Huilliches.
TOOLS
Sedentary peoples produced various tools with the aim of facilitating their work.
diary. Inside them we found spears, maces, slings, ropes, machetes, axes, hammers.
of wood, of stone, and household utensils.
