Bushman rock art : an interpretive guide / Tim Forssman, Lee Gutteridge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Forssman, Tim, author.

Gutteridge, Lee, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rock paintings--Africa, Southern.

Rock paintings.

Art, Prehistoric--Africa, Southern.

Art, Prehistoric.

Petroglyphs--Africa, Southern.

Petroglyphs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (496 p.)

Place of Publication:

Pinetown, South Africa : Southbound, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The prehistoric record of southern Africa extends back some 2 million years. The oldest cultural artefacts are stone tools such as handaxes, cleavers and choppers. In more recent centuries, archaeologists have found an extensive repertoire of artefacts including not only stone tools, but tools of bone, wood and shell as well as beads, jewellery, grinding stones, clothing, fishing equipment, burials and southern Africa's enigmatic rock art. Understanding these painted scenes and menageries is not immediately obvious. Using this interpretive guide, visitors to these ancient shrines can properly

Contents:

Coverpage; Copyright; Titlepage; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Contents; Foreword by Peter Mitchell; Introduction; Orthography and language; Distribution of rock art; Timeline and glossary; The Stone Age; Hunting and gathering; Social life; Spiritual journeys; The arrival of the lions; The people who dance; Making rock art; Rock art conservation; Etiquette at rock art sites; Animal encounters; Different art traditions; Bushmen; Herders or Khoekhoe; Farmers or Bantu-language-speaking people; Europeans; Interpreting rock art; Humans and the dance; Animals; Powerful images

Top public rock art sitesBibliography; Index; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-233) and index.

ISBN:

1-928211-15-1