Archaeological evidence shows that the Aleut peoples once supported some of the largest hunter-gatherer sedentary settlements on earth.

A sedentary settlement consisting of numerous villages came into being, with cattle breeding and agriculture being the primary occupation, living in typical semi-subterranean dwellings.

Identifiable sedentary settlements began to emerge in the so-called Middle Archaic period around 6000 BCE.

Shell rings were associated with the earliest known sedentary settlements along the coasts of the Southeastern United States.

The increasing archaeological fieldwork in Northern Finland has cast some doubts on the idea of Kvenland having almost no sedentary settlements.

Saladoid people are characterized by agriculture, ceramic production, and sedentary settlements.

Currently, Mamanwa populations live in sedentary settlements ("barangays") that are close to agricultural peoples and market centers.

These people pioneered the first sedentary settlements, and may have supported themselves from fishing, and from the harvest of wild grains plentiful in the region at that time.

It appears that in conjunction with such catchment schemes, there may have also been nearby sedentary settlements of people who maintained them.

By 1976, 117 sedentary settlements had been identified, the great majority (89) located West of the Siret (thus inside Dacia's borders as defined by Ptolemy).