Only 1000 copies of People of the Eland were printed in 1976. It
was neither reissued nor reprinted. It has become one of the rarest
and most expensive of all books on the African past. One of the
things that most disturbed Patricia Vinnicombe while she was
working at the Rock Art Research Institute at Wits in the early
2000s was that students could not access her book. As in many
libraries, Wits University locks People of the Eland away in its
rare and valuable book section. In 2002, Pat started to explore the
possibility of republication. But, she did not feel that the book
could be reissued without adding additional sections to explain how
knowledge had expanded in the decades since the publication of the
book. Tragically, Pat died in March 2003 before she could start
work on the new sections. Peter Mitchell and Ben Smith have taken
up this challenge and brought together the leading scholars in the
field to write new sections to explain both how knowledge has
changed since the publication of People of the Eland, and how
current research is still influenced by this landmark volume. The
Eland's People is thus intended as a companion volume to People of
the Eland and it is hoped that this new volume will provide a
richer appreciation of the importance of Pat's original work, as
well as allowing readers an overview of current understandings of
Drakensberg rock art.
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