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People making history : the last ten thousand years of hunter-gatherer communities in the Thukela Basin
Bibliography: pages 322-353.
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/21814 People making history : the last ten thousand years of hunter-gatherer communities in the Thukela Basin Mazel, Aron D Parkington, John Excavations (Archaeology) - South Africa - Natal - Thuleka Basin Bibliography: pages 322-353. The primary aim of this thesis is to document and explain the 10 000 BP AD 1800 history of the Thukela Basin hunter-gatherers. The primary information for this study comes from my excavation, between 1981 and 1984, of eight rock shelters in the upper Thukela catchment. My aims and theoretical orientation have altered substantially since the project's ,inception. They have changed from being concerned primarily with ecological phenomena to the reconstruction of a regional social history. As part of this redefinition I have developed a critique of South African Later Stone Age (LSA) studies from the early 1960s, arguing that the predominant, ecological, approaches of this period are inadequate in dealing with past human societies. My reasons for adopting a socially orientated historical approach concern the social relevance of archaeology, and the need to generate the best possible insights into past societies. I submit that historical materialism offers a very valuable framework for social historical analysis. The theoretical propositions germane to this study are presented. I then concentrate specifically on Thukela Basirr hunter-gatherer history. The periods dating to before and after 2000 BP are dealt with separately because of the arrival of farmers in the Thukela Basin around AD 500. 2016-09-20T12:30:08Z 2016-09-20T12:30:08Z 1988 Doctoral Thesis Doctoral PhD http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21814 eng application/pdf Department of Archaeology Faculty of Science University of Cape Town |
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| title | People making history : the last ten thousand years of hunter-gatherer communities in the Thukela Basin |
| title_full | People making history : the last ten thousand years of hunter-gatherer communities in the Thukela Basin |
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| title_short | People making history : the last ten thousand years of hunter-gatherer communities in the Thukela Basin |
| title_sort | people making history the last ten thousand years of hunter gatherer communities in the thukela basin |
| topic | Excavations (Archaeology) - South Africa - Natal - Thuleka Basin |
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