Gathering esculent wild plants in Dhofar : prehistoric practice continued

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This paper looks into the gathering of esculent wild plants by the traditional pastoralists in Dhofar, Oman.

In this region, the camel and goat pastoralists gather wild plants for their subsistence.

Thus, their adaptation to the ecological setting and knowledge of the wild plants they gather present a reasonable analogy of the prehistoric groups who practiced gathering of wild plants in this ecoregion.

The knowledge and practice of the Dhofari pastoralists can possibly facilitate a reasonable analogue that permits one to draw an analogy and grasp the nature of gathering wild plants in prehistoric times.

Therefore, gathering wild plants remains to be useful as a subsistence activity throughout prehistoric times and to the present.