Transhumance

How it is used

Often involves summer and winter pastures; distinguish it from permanently moving an entire community.

Example sentences

1. Mountain paths linked the winter villages with pastures used in transhumance.

   The movement follows a recurring seasonal grazing cycle.

2. Tax records helped reconstruct the routes of transhumance.

   Administrative evidence can trace mobility without implying permanent migration.

Common collocations

• seasonal transhumance
• transhumance routes

Related terms

• agrarianRelating to farming, land and the people who work it, or describing a society or economy based mainly on agriculture.
• migrationThe movement of people from one place to another to live, either within a country or across borders, alone or in large groups.

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• aristocracy
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• social class
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