Bibliograph

First people, the lost history of the Khoisan, Andrew Smith

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First people, the lost history of the Khoisan, Andrew Smith

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-246) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

First people

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1301484711

Responsibility statement

Andrew Smith

Sub title

the lost history of the Khoisan

Summary

"Southern Africa's first people communities are the groups of hunter-gatherers and herders, representing the oldest human lineages in Africa, who migrated from as far as East Africa to settle in what is now Namibia, Botswana, and South Africa. These groups, known today as the Khoisan, are represented by the Bushmen (or San) and the Khoe. In <i>First People</i>, archaeologist Andrew Smith examines what we know about southern Africa's earliest inhabitants, drawing on evidence from excavations, rock art, the observations of colonial-era travelers, linguistics, the study of the human genome and the latest academic research. Richly illustrated, <i>First People</i> is an invaluable and accessible work that reaches from the Middle and Later Stone Age to recent times, and explores how the Khoisan were pushed to the margins of history and society. Smith, who is an expert on the history and prehistory of the Khoisan, paints a knowledgeable and fascinating portrait of their land occupation, migration, survival strategies, and cultural practices." --Back cover

Table Of Contents

Foreword -- Introduction -- Khoisan peoples -- Modern humans in Southern Africa : the Middle Stone Age and Later Stone Age -- Hunter-gatherers in the Southern African landscape -- Rock art and symbolism -- Khoekhoen and the development of herding Africa -- Adaptive strategies of Khoekhoen -- Herders meet hunters -- Configuring Khoisan linguistics and genomics -- Where are the Khoisan today? -- How did the Khoisan lose their history?

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