Mallory

[Dan Tompkins]

On pastoralism, I'm no expert. And I have not followed the discussion
closely.  Here are two comments that may or may not be appropriate: if
they are not, I apologize.

The situation of the Plains Indians sounds in any case anomalous, doesn't
it, in that there were two big exogenous variables at work: getting
forced out of areas like Wisconsin, and then getting the horse.

On pastoralism in the Greek world, Jens Erik Skydsgaard, 'Transhumance in
the Greek Polis,' in C.R. Whittaker (ed), Pastoral Economies in Classical
Antiquity (Cambridge UP, 1988) argued (as I recall: can't find the book
right now) that 'pure' pastoralism did not exist, that in general
agriculture took place at the same time.  Without the essay in front of
me I can't tell what time frame he put on this.

Anyhow, the discussion is interesting!

Dan Tompkins
Faculty Fellow for Learning Communities
Associate Professor, Greek, Hebrew & Roman Classics
Conwell Hall, Temple University
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Philadelphia, PA 19122-6096
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