>Perhaps it was the part of the definition that used the phrase >"raising livestock" that led me to believe that the term >agriculture can include such activities as raising livestock. gotcha. so "A+B" = A. have u had any basic lessons in logic or the english language? the connective between 'agriculture' and 'livestock' was 'and,' not 'or.' as you said these herders were post-agriculturalists, what crops were they growing? andrew