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Capturing the spoor rock art of Limpopo - An exploration of the rock art of Northern most South Africa (Paperback)
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Capturing the spoor rock art of Limpopo - An exploration of the rock art of Northern most South Africa (Paperback)
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List price R375
Loot Price R322
Discovery Miles 3 220
You Save R53 (14%)
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Capturing the spoor describes and discusses the virtually unknown
rock art of the northern most reaches of South Africa, in the area
of the Central Limpopo Basin. The title of the publication comes
from the belief held by some traditional Bantu-speakers that the
San can 'capture' animal spoor and bewitch it in order to ensure
hunting success. The authors use this as an analogy for
understanding the behaviour of people in the past through the
traces they leave behind. This title discuss the rock art of
cultural groups other than the San. It describes the work of four
distinct cultural groups - the San; Khoekhoen (Khoikhoin or
'Hottentots'), Venda and Northern Sotho, and, most recently, people
of European descent. Further, it discusses the interaction and
connection between the four groups. It is the first substantial
body of work from South Africa to focus on an area outside the
Drakensberg, which has become synonymous with 'southern African
rock art'. Although the title focuses on a specific region, it
introduces anthropological information from the Cape to the greater
Kalahari region. The text is interspersed with first-hand accounts
of Kalahari and Okavango San beliefs and rites and discussions with
traditional Bantu-speaking peoples. A distillation of 14 years of
field surveying and research in the Central Limpopo Basin, it
targets the general reader who would like to know more about
southern Africa's rock art traditions, but at the same time
addresses many academic concerns. A simple narrative line and
copious end notes, respectively, ensure that both 'lay' and
academic readers will find the subject interesting.
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