sedentism
sedentariness , także: sedentarism , także: sedentarization

It is likely that most of the inhabitants had to give up sedentism and returned to life on the move.

Associated with this development were increasing sedentism and the exploitation of the fisheries.

Essentially, sedentism means living in groups permanently in one place.

Not all contemporary sites during a certain period (after the first sedentism occurred at one site) were sedentary.

It is considered to be one of the first villages where sedentism originated in the Oaxaca area.

There are also indications that the use of rock art is connected to sedentism, both pre-agricultural and agricultural forms.

Many scholars have argued that warfare only emerged after sedentism, farming, and more complex political systems arose.

Japan was inhabited by a hunter-gatherer culture that reached a considerable degree of sedentism and cultural complexity.

In cultural anthropology, sedentism (sometimes called sedentariness) simply refers to the practice of living in one place for a long time.

In archaeology a number of criteria is necessary for the recognition of either semi or full sedentism.

Archaeologists have used this site to further their understanding of the transition to sedentism and the life of the Jomon people.

Different groups abandoned tribal lifeways for increasing complexity, sedentism, centralization, and agriculture.

In North America, evidence for sedentism emerges around 4500 BC.

The settlement is an example of hunter-gatherer sedentism, a crucial step in the transition from foraging to farming.

Over one hundred sites mark out the distinguished history of human settlement in the region from the advent of sedentism to the Islamic period.

Even though people inhabited the area throughout the wet and dry seasons, there is no conclusive evidence to prove permanent sedentism.

It was only in locations where the resources of several major ecosystems overlapped that the earliest non-agricultural sedentism occurred.

This change is known as sedentism and is typical of societies who have access to, or are developing systems of agriculture.

Thus, the exploitation of marine resources fostered sedentism and the production of Kansyore pottery.

Agriculture, Sedentism and Environment in the Evolution of Political Systems.

Nomadic life differs from sedentism, and among the sedentary, urban people live differently from rural ones.

This increased social stability and reinforced sedentism, social stratification, specialized use of resources and probably, population growth.

Forced sedentism or sedentarization occurs when a dominant group restricts the movements of a nomadic group.

Mesolithic adaptations such as sedentism, population size and use of plant foods are cited as evidence of the transition to agriculture.

The development of sedentism led to the rise of population aggregation and formation of villages, cities, and other community types.

Sedentariness and dehydration probably add to the risk of thrombosis."

Certain lifestyle changes (e.g., diet, sedentariness, addiction) are also associated with different types of employment.

In cultural anthropology, sedentism (sometimes called sedentariness) simply refers to the practice of living in one place for a long time.

Crew sedentariness grew across the mission due to decreased waking movement and increased sleep and rest periods.

And as labor-saving technologies proliferate across the globe, so, too, do the ill effects of sedentariness."

This, in turn, resulted in the accumulation of cultural debris creating the partially false impressions of increasing social stability, sedentariness, and population growth.

Def Jam could heli-drop any bozo into such glorious ambiance and score some hits; the album facilitates sedentariness.

Lac des Deux Montagnes sturgeon differ from the other groups by their higher degree of sedentariness, slower growth, and lower condition factor.

Implementing multi-strategy comprehensive initiatives, using resources and personnel from many sectors, may be the best way forward, to reverse the worrying recent trends in sedentariness in Australia.

Chatwin in Mr. Patterson's sharp and critical reading, saw sedentariness as spiritual death and self-sufficient, untrammeled nomadism as happiness.

Sedentariness During the Stone Age of Northern Sweden Almkvist & Wiksell, Stockholm.

Prior to the establishment of Israel, the Negev Bedouins were a semi-nomadic society going through a process of sedentariness since the Ottoman rule of the region.

Thus, sedentariness and (or) excess caloric intake represent the "Big Two" factors on which almost all the attention of health professionals is devoted in preventive and therapeutic programs for obesity.

However, one must not forget that knowledge of the risk of sedentariness was the first reason to increase one’s level of physical activity given by adults interviewed in Canada’s Health Promotion Survey.

Consistent with that advice, the researchers emphasized that "even nonvigorous exercise is preferable to sedentariness," since any form of activity can enhance psychological health and reduce risks of developing high blood pressure, diabetes and colon cancer.

Hence, physical activity, and its opposite, sedentariness, are usually defined in terms of the amount of time during the day devoted to certain types of physical activity or exercise, either during work and/or leisure time.

So eager were Can o Beans and Dirty Sock to hit the road (they were mutants now, no longer able to be satisfied with the sedentariness of their kind) that they committed themselves even before they heard the plan.

In addition to the Rainy River area being influenced by the Hopewell culture mortuary system, the exceptionally rich wild rice and sturgeon resources of the region appear to have permitted a population density and a degree of sedentariness impossible for economically less well endowed bands to achieve.

Health education is not enough because "smoking, sedentariness, and poor diet do not arise in a vacuum," write Drs. Gilles Paradis, of McGill University in Montreal, Canada, and Arnaud Chiolero of the University of Lausanne in Switzerland.

"Study on young people's lifestyles and sedentariness" (Universities of Paderborn & DuisburgEssen).288 This study led to the creation of the Working Group "Sport & Health" (see above) and inspired a number of Commission initiatives in the field of the fight against obesity, as seen from a sport perspective.