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Prehistoric herders and foragers of the Kalahari: the evidence for 1500 years of interaction
Past and present in hunter gatherer studies • Orlando, Fla. • Published In 1984 • Pages: 175-193
By: Denbow, James R. (James Raymond).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a summary of the archaeological data for forager-agropastoral interaction that draws on information from 400 surveyed sites as well as the results of detailed excavations at 16 selected localities.This work has produced a sequence of radiocarbon dates spanning much of the past two milllennia which the author presents in two tables in the text. The archaeological evidence summarized in this chapter indicates that a large gap exists in our understanding and historical assessment of the impact of outside influence on the San. Both the archaeological data and recorded events suggest that contemporary life-styles in the region have been characterized by convergent regional relations and periods of economic flux. In such dynamic circumstances, to fix on one segment of this wider mosaic (whether a particular commodity, group, or archaeological site) as an anthropological isolate may lead to serious distortions in our grasp of past and present proocesses of stability and change (pp. 189-190).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Prehistory
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- External relations
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- San
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2003
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1970s
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- prehistory-twentieth century
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Botswana
- NotesAdditional notes
- James R. Denbow
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 190-193)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 84011191
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- San (African people)