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The eland's people : new perspectives in the rock art of the Moloti-Drakensberg Bushmen : essays in memory of Patricia Vinnicombe / edited by Peter Mitchell and Benjamin Smith.
Penn Museum Library N5310.5.S6 E52 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rock paintings--Drakensberg Mountains.
- Rock paintings.
- Art, San--Drakensberg Mountains.
- Art, San.
- San (African people).
- Drakensberg Mountains--Antiquities.
- Drakensberg Mountains.
- Genre:
- Festschriften.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 214 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 x 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Johannesburg : Wits University Press, 2009.
- Summary:
- A companion to People of Eland that allows an overview of Drakensberg rock art 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 University 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.
- Notes:
- Companion vol. to: People of the eland : rock paintings of the Drakensberg Bushmen as a reflection of their life and thought / Patricia Vinnicombe. Pietermaritzburg : University of Natal Press, 1976.
- "This is the second volume in the Rock Art Research Institute monograph series"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Includes bibliography: "Publications by Patricia Vinnicombe relating to Africa" (p. ix).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781868144983
- 1868144984
- OCLC:
- 495779028
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