2. RESEARCH PROCESS
African Cuisine
Not enough information
Rock Art and Engravings
Looked interesting
Never heard of it
Sources
Internet Sources and Databases
3. Research Question: How does rock art and
engravings relate to the San people?
Thesis Statement: Engravings and rock art helped
archeologist find out who the San people really
were.
4. MAJOR POINTS
Rock art
Engravings
San tribes
Trance dance
Removal of the art
5. ROCK ART
Paintings on a rock
surface
Latest 27,000 year ago
Recent art
19th century
Early 20th century
South Africa is the
richest storehouse
Very Detailed
Dances, postures, featu
res, and body parts
6. ENGRAVINGS
Incised or hammered
art into rocks or
boulders
More animals
Hard objects were
used for engravings
7. SAN TRIBE
Also known as
bushmen
South Africa’s oldest
tribe
Moved around chasing
game
Lived in rock shelters
Majority rock art made
by the San
No longer exist
9. REMOVING
Ethically thought
practice
Mapping, photographin
g, and tracing sites
Before, during, and
after
Redrawing removed
pieces
Don’t hurt the art
11. WORK CITED
Francis, Michael. "Contested Histories: A Critique of Rock Art in the Drakensberg Mountains." Visual
Anthropology 22.4 (2009): 327-343. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 7 Oct. 2011.
Henry, Leila “South African Archaeological Society.” The South African Archaeological Bulletin.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/20474945 Vol. 62, No. 185 (Jun., 2007), pp. 44-48
Paul G. Bahn, J. David Lewis-Williams, Christopher Chippindale, Jarl Nordbladh, Polly Schaafsma,
David Frankel "Rock Art" The Oxford Companion to Archaeology. Brian M. Fagan, ed.,
Oxford University Press 1996. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University
Press. University of Dubuque. 7 October 2011 <http://www.oxfordreference.com
Lewis-Williams, J. D., and D. G. Pearce. "From generalities to specifics in San rock art." South African
Journal of Science 104.11/12 (2008): 428-430. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 7
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