Why might hunter-gatherers have lived a nomadic life?

Answer 1

Hunting and gathering was the lifestyle of all human beings until the invention of agriculture about 8000 years ago; and, to state it simply, hunter-gatherers hunt game and collect plant foods (called foraging) rather than grow or tend crops. Some coastal folks added fish to the diet, and are considered fisher-gatherers. Even after agriculture became a major source of food, hunting and gathering of wild plants remained a large component of people's diets. People who tend stands of natural plants are called horticulturalists; those who farm are agriculturalists.

Up until about fifty years ago, there were a few modern hunter-gatherer societies in the world today, such as the Ainu; however, they have pretty much all been made part of the modern market economy by way of the intrusion of plastics or clothing or metal which can only be retrieved from outside sources.

Answer 2

Nomadic Hunter Gatherers

Answer 3

Obviously when hunter/gatherer tribes stayed in anyone place for too long they began to deplete resources. Also tribes that based their living on herding animals like sheep and goats would have a semi-nomadic life meaning that they maybe had a permanent place to return to at the end of the year. Personally that sounds more fun than living in one spot all year round trying to farm.

Answer 4

A hunter must search for game. If game is plentiful in an area, a hunter can remain in the same area for a protracted period, but eventually the hunter must leave to search for a better place to hunt. Most hunting people follow the seasonal migration of game animals.

Likewise, gatherers must forage for plant foods. Most plant foods occur seasonally, so a gatherer must travel to find ripe food. People who both hunt and gather, combine their search for animal and plant foods and travel extensively.

Answer 5

To hunt means to travel in search of, of course once found (not knowing how long before you would find again) you would store up all you could to survive while continuing to hunt (because you know what you have wouldn't last forever). A vicious circle of survival rather than settling and creating food through crops that may fail. Why take a chance when more was just over the next hill.

Answer 6

its called "seasonal rounds"

first, the game that the hunt for the majority of their meat, comes from herds that migrate (ie caribou, buffalo, etc)... they must intersect and even follow the herd for a little while in order to get their meat

second, the things they gathered (ie berries, roots, etc) grew in certain areas/patches... hunters and gatherers did not grow their own crops, so they needed to travel to where the food grew... and since things like berries are only ripe at certain times of the year, they had to plan very carefully in order to get to the place at the exact right time...

Answer 7

It was as simple as chasing seasonal plants and animals, following herds, finding good lithic resources in different areas, and probably the changing of the seasons.

Answer 8

If the food source ran out, they would travel to a place that had what they needed.

Answer 9

depleted resources or weather