Where is San rock art found in South Africa?
The Drakensberg and Lesotho is particularly well known for its San rock art.
Where is the richest concentration of San Bushmen art found?
There are thousands of examples of San rock art and paintings throughout the country, with the most significant of these found in the uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park in KwaZulu-Natal where much of the rock art in South Africa is believed to be around 3 000 years old.
Where is Blombos Cave?
Blombos Cave is situated 50 m from the Indian Ocean, elevated at 35 m above sea level and 300 km east of Cape Town. It’s very small – just 55m². It was used as a temporary living site by hunter gatherer groups; they’d spend a week or two there at a time before moving on.
What did the San use to make their clothes?
The San’s clothing was very simple and made from available materials like leather from the game they caught. Children sometimes only wore beads and the men short leather pants, while women wore their karosses, or leather cloaks, made of the whole skin of an antelope.
In which province was the Linton panel found?
Eastern Cape
The Linton Panel is one of the most famous pieces of rock art made by the San. It was found in a cave on a farm called Linton in the Eastern Cape, but has since been moved to the South African Museum in Cape Town.
Where was the San rock art found in South Africa?
The San rock art gives us clues about their social and belief systems. One of the most significant pieces of Rock art found in South Africa was found on Linton Farm in the Eastern Cape.
Why did the San stop painting in South Africa?
As the Khoikhoi settled on the land formerly occupied by hunter-gatherers, the San gradually stopped painting as their numbers and cultural activities declined. The San have a rich oral history and have passed stories down from generation to generation.
How is Northern Sotho art different from San rock art?
Art by the Khoi people was geometric in design, very different from the San rock art. Whilst Northern Sotho art is always painted, never engraved, and easy to distinguish from San rock art as most of it is painted in white clay, with the odd black and red highlight, and applied with the finger.
How old are the rock paintings of the San?
The San have a rich oral history and have passed stories down from generation to generation. The oldest rock paintings they created are in Namibia and have been radiocarbon-dated to be 26 000 years old.