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Strangers to brothers : interaction between south-eastern San and southern Nguni/Sotho communities
Bibliography: pages 131-146.
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/21822 Strangers to brothers : interaction between south-eastern San and southern Nguni/Sotho communities Jolly, Pieter Parkington, John San (African people) - History. Nguni languages Sotho (African people) - History San (African people) - Rites and ceremonies Bibliography: pages 131-146. There is presently considerable debate as to the forms of relationships established between hunter-gatherers and their non-forager neighbours and whether relationships which are documented as having been established significantly affected these hunter-gatherer societies. In southern Africa, particular attention has been paid to the effects of such contact on hunter- gatherer communities of the south-western Cape and the Kalahari. The aim of this thesis has been to assess the nature and extent of relationships established between the south-eastern San and southern Nguni and Sotho communities and to identify the extent to which the establishment of these relationships may have brought about changes in the political, social and religious systems of south- eastern hunter-gatherers. General patterns characterising interaction between a number of San and non-San hunter-gatherer societies and farming communities outside the study area are identified and are combined with archaeological and historiographical information to model relationships between the south-eastern San and southern Nguni and Sotho communities. The established and possible effects of these relationships on some south-eastern San groups are presented as well as some of the possible forms in which changes in San religious ideology and ritual practice resultant upon contact were expressed in the rock art. It is suggested that the ideologies of many south-eastern San communities, rather than being characterised by continuity throughout the contact period, were significantly influenced by the ideological systems of the southern Nguni and Sotho and that paintings at the caves of Melikane and upper Mangolong, as well as comments made upon these paintings by the 19th century San informant, Qing, should be interpreted with reference to the religious ideologies and ritual practices of the southern Nguni and Sotho as well as those of the San. Other rock paintings in areas where contact between the south-eastern San and black farming communities was prolonged and symbiotic may need to be similarly interpreted. 2016-09-20T12:30:31Z 2016-09-20T12:30:31Z 1994 Master Thesis Masters MA http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21822 eng application/pdf Department of Archaeology Faculty of Science University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | San (African people) - History. Nguni languages Sotho (African people) - History San (African people) - Rites and ceremonies Jolly, Pieter Strangers to brothers : interaction between south-eastern San and southern Nguni/Sotho communities |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Strangers to brothers : interaction between south-eastern San and southern Nguni/Sotho communities |
| title_full | Strangers to brothers : interaction between south-eastern San and southern Nguni/Sotho communities |
| title_fullStr | Strangers to brothers : interaction between south-eastern San and southern Nguni/Sotho communities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Strangers to brothers : interaction between south-eastern San and southern Nguni/Sotho communities |
| title_short | Strangers to brothers : interaction between south-eastern San and southern Nguni/Sotho communities |
| title_sort | strangers to brothers interaction between south eastern san and southern nguni sotho communities |
| topic | San (African people) - History. Nguni languages Sotho (African people) - History San (African people) - Rites and ceremonies |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21822 |
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