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The cutting edge : Khoe-San rock-markings at the Gestoptefontein-Driekuil engraving complex, North West Province, South Africa / / Jeremy Charles Hollmann
| The cutting edge : Khoe-San rock-markings at the Gestoptefontein-Driekuil engraving complex, North West Province, South Africa / / Jeremy Charles Hollmann |
| Autore | Hollmann Jeremy C. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, England : , : Archaeopress Publishing Limited, , [2017] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (414 pages) |
| Disciplina | 709.01130968 |
| Collana | Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology |
| Soggetto topico |
Kxoe (African people) - Social life and customs
Kxoe (African people) - Antiquities Rock paintings - Protection - South Africa |
| ISBN | 1-78491-704-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- 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.
11.1 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794642203321 |
Hollmann Jeremy C.
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| Oxford, England : , : Archaeopress Publishing Limited, , [2017] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The cutting edge : Khoe-San rock-markings at the Gestoptefontein-Driekuil engraving complex, North West Province, South Africa / / Jeremy Charles Hollmann
| The cutting edge : Khoe-San rock-markings at the Gestoptefontein-Driekuil engraving complex, North West Province, South Africa / / Jeremy Charles Hollmann |
| Autore | Hollmann Jeremy C. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, England : , : Archaeopress Publishing Limited, , [2017] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (414 pages) |
| Disciplina | 709.01130968 |
| Collana | Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology |
| Soggetto topico |
Kxoe (African people) - Social life and customs
Kxoe (African people) - Antiquities Rock paintings - Protection - South Africa |
| ISBN | 1-78491-704-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- 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.
11.1 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809672903321 |
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Hollmann Jeremy C.
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| Oxford, England : , : Archaeopress Publishing Limited, , [2017] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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