| Description |
1 online resource (230 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Plates; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Note on Spelling; Note on Pronunciation; The Bleek and Lloyd Archive References; Introduction; 1 A Go-Between; Ethnography and the Past; An Ethnographic Mosaic; The Wilhelm Bleek and Lucy Lloyd Archive; Beyond Bleek and Lloyd; The Kalahari Ethnography; San Ethnography and Images; San Images; Further Possibilities; 2 An Invisible Network; What is 'San Society'?; Kinds of Social Relations; Symbolic Labour; Extra-Corporeal Travel; Clues to Social Meaning |
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3 The Narrative ProblemAn Enigmatic Discovery; A Revised View; Color Plates; Clues with Enormous Ramifications; Painted Nuggets; An Amalgam of Realms; More Extreme Amalgam; Beyond Narration; 4 Patterns of Participation; A Complex Panel; In Herds like Cattle; The FET3 Eland; The Human Element; Threads of Light; The Rock Face; Images and 'Compositions'; Experiencing San Images; Physical Engagement; Natural and Supernatural Audiences; 5 Integrated Idiosyncrasy; The MK1 Eland; Rain-Animals; Idiosyncrasy: Eland Horns; A Fantasy Snake; More Idiosyncrasy; Social Context; Image-Makers |
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6 Threads of LightA Linear Motif; Ethnographic Evidence; Horizontal Travel; Painted Threads; Mingling with Spirits; Become Honey; Participation; Threads of Light and Animals; Contradictions?; 7 A State of!aia; A Case in Point; Transition between Realms; Neuropsychology; Neuropsychology and San Imagery; Through the Veil; A Neurological Imperative?; 8 Images, Image-Makers and Changing Society; Image-Makers and Shamans in San Society; Degrees of Shamanism; The First Phase of Interaction; The Second Phase of Interaction; Different Areas, Different Image-Making; Mixed Groups and their Imagery |
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The Final YearsEpilogue: San Imagery Today; References; Index |
| Summary |
Explores the complex social relations of those who made hunter-gatherer rock art and why they made it |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Rock paintings -- Research -- Africa, Southern
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Rock paintings -- Documentation -- Africa, Southern
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Art, Prehistoric.
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Art and anthropology.
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Art
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HISTORY -- Africa -- South -- General.
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HISTORY -- Africa -- South -- Republic of South Africa.
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Art and anthropology
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Art, Prehistoric
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Art
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Rock paintings -- Research
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Southern Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1108581234 |
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9781108581233 |
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