Sedentism
Transition from nomadic lifestyle to a society that remains in one place permanently / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the lifestyle associated with poor health outcomes, see Sedentary lifestyle.
In cultural anthropology, sedentism (more correctly as sedentariness, which has a full entry in the OED while the other terms used here do not, but they are used in academic texts; compare sedentarism[1]) is the practice of living in one place for a long time. As of 2024, the large majority of people belong to sedentary cultures. In evolutionary anthropology and archaeology, sedentism takes on a slightly different sub-meaning, often applying to the transition from nomadic society to a lifestyle that involves remaining in one place permanently. Essentially, sedentism means living in groups permanently in one place.[2] The invention of agriculture led to sedentism in many cases, but the earliest sedentary settlements were pre-agricultural.
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