Rock art sequences in uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park, South Africa.
There are no secure regional chronologies for South African rock art. This limits the investigation of change and continuity in the practice of painting over time and space. In this paper, various rock art sequences from uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park (UDP) are compared. The analysis includes two new s...
| Publicado en: | Southern African Humanities Vol. 16; pp. 13 - 36 |
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Natal Museum
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=32428707&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 32428707 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 16815564 TB8 jtl: Southern African Humanities issn: 16815564 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec2004 vid: 16 pid: 20684 pub: Natal Museum artinfo: ui: 32428707 ppf: 13 ppct: 23 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 435KB tig: atl: Rock art sequences in uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park, South Africa. aug: au: Swart, Joané affil: Natal Museum, P. Bag 9070, Pietermaritzburg, 3200 South Africa & School of Human and Social Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, P. Bag X01, Scottsville, 3209 South Africa su: Rock analysis Attribution of paintings Monochrome art Species diversity Rock art (Archaeology) Scientific method Context effects (Psychology) Cognition & culture South Africa sug: subj: South Africa Rock analysis Attribution of paintings Monochrome art Species diversity Rock art (Archaeology) Scientific method Context effects (Psychology) Cognition & culture ab: There are no secure regional chronologies for South African rock art. This limits the investigation of change and continuity in the practice of painting over time and space. In this paper, various rock art sequences from uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park (UDP) are compared. The analysis includes two new sequences, from Ngwangwane 8 in the southern UDP and Eland Cave in the north, produced by applying the Harris Matrix. Several points of correspondence exist between the two new sites and other rock art sequences, especially Main Caves North in the central UDP. The analysis revealed an initial painting phase comprising monochrome humans and bichrome animals. No animals could be identified to species with confidence. Eland occur from Phase 2 onwards; rhebuck and other animals appear mid-sequence, indicating varying emphases in hunter-gatherer belief systems through time. The earliest human images are simple and monochrome. Human depictions become increasingly complex in mid-sequence, both in posture and colour. The most recent human images are relatively simple. Absolute dates associated with paintings correspond well with this painting sequence. Future research should comprise absolute dates based on relative sequences, integrated with contextual and ethnographic analysis. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Southern African Humanities is the property of Natal Museum and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Southern African Humanities holder: Natal Museum dt: @attributes: year: 2004 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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