Migratory Patterns in Early Nomadism : A Reconsideration of Tepe Tula'i.

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In this article the nature of early nomadism is discussed. To this end, the stratigraphy and ceramic assemblages of the seventh millennium B.C. site Tepe Tula'i are reanalyzed. Similarity coefficients for the assemblages indicate a complicated sequence of partially contemporary strata. Relations to other excavated assemblages in southwestern Iran suggest that Tepe Tula'i was frequented by mobile groups from two different regions. From the character of these ties, it is concluded that migratory patterns of early nomads were different from those of today's pastoral nomads in the same region.