LEADER 04183nam 2200481 450 001 9910809672903321 005 20231110220115.0 010 $a1-78491-704-4 035 $a(CKB)4100000012027243 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6728815 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6728815 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000012027243 100 $a20220531d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe cutting edge $eKhoe-San rock-markings at the Gestoptefontein-Driekuil engraving complex, North West Province, South Africa /$fJeremy Charles Hollmann 210 1$aOxford, England :$cArchaeopress Publishing Limited,$d[2017] 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (414 pages) 225 1 $aCambridge Monographs in African Archaeology ;$vv.97 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aIntro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- I Introduction -- 1 What this all means -- 1.1 Understanding the GDC `phenomenon' -- 1.2 The sites -- 1.3 Wonderstone -- 1.4 Archaeology of the GDC -- 1.5 Local history -- 1.6 Authorship and age of the art -- 2 Research context -- 2.1 Authorship -- 2.2 Clothing motifs -- 2.3 Geometric motifs -- 2.4 Landscape -- II The rock art of the GDC -- 3 Gestural markings -- 3.1 Aspects of performance -- 3.2 Rubbing the rocks -- 3.3 Hammering the rocks -- 3.4 Cutting the rocks -- 4 Anthropomorphs and zoomorphs -- 4.1 Khoe-San beliefs and feelings about animals -- 4.2 Anthropomorphic motifs in southern African rock art -- 4.3 Anthropomorphs in the GDC -- 4.4 Zoomorphs in the GDC -- 5 Decorative designs and patterns -- 5.1 Contexts for Khoe-San designs and patterns -- 5.2 Decorative designs and patterns in the GDC -- 5.3 Beaded designs -- 5.4 Painted designs -- 5.5 Tattoos -- 5.6 Patterns on implements, ornaments and other items -- 5.7 Filled recesses and facets -- 6 Ethnography -- 6.1 Leather clothing -- 6.2 Hide preparation -- 6.3 `Listen to the ornaments' -- 7 Depictions of clothing in the GDC -- 7.1 The geometry of clothing motifs -- 7.2 Apron motifs -- 7.3 Karosses -- 7.4 Spread-eagle motifs -- 8 Ornaments and decorations -- 8.1 Beads -- 8.2 Bracelets -- 8.3 Belts -- 8.4 Hair ornaments and headdresses -- 8.5 Necklaces and neck ornaments -- 8.6 A colonial hat -- 8.7 Spiders, or a vanity bag and a tortoiseshell container? -- III Khoe-San womanhood -- 9 Girls' puberty rites -- 9.1 Life in transition -- 9.2 Rites of incorporation -- 9.3 Good and bad luck -- 9.4 Women and water -- IV Back to the hills -- 10 The significance of gestural markings -- 10.1 Clusters of scratches and grooves -- 10.2 Activity and scratch rocks -- 10.3 Sliding into womanhood -- 11 Themes in referential art. 327 $a11.1 Zoomorphs, clothes, ornaments and decorations -- 11.2 Women and rhinoceroses -- 11.3 The story of the blue crane -- 11.4 Eland, facial designs and aprons -- 11.5 Woman and the Rain -- V Conclusion -- 12 The value of the GDC study -- Bibliography -- Appendix -- A A kind of torture: the GDC survey -- A.1 Data collection -- A.2 Mapping the GDC -- A.3 The potential of GIS. 330 $aThis book addresses rock engravings on the wonderstone hills just outside Ottosdal, South Africa. Much of the rock art has been destroyed due to mining activities, with very few records and the largest remaining outcrop is still threatened. The study hopes to bring this situation to the attention of the public and the heritage authorities. 410 0$aCambridge Monographs in African Archaeology 606 $aKxoe (African people)$xSocial life and customs 606 $aKxoe (African people)$xAntiquities 606 $aRock paintings$xProtection$zSouth Africa 615 0$aKxoe (African people)$xSocial life and customs. 615 0$aKxoe (African people)$xAntiquities. 615 0$aRock paintings$xProtection 676 $a709.01130968 700 $aHollmann$b Jeremy C.$01667816 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809672903321 996 $aThe cutting edge$94027924 997 $aUNINA