Melikane and Upper Mangolong Revisited: The Possible Effects on San Art of Symbiotic Contact between South-Eastern San and Southern Sotho and Nguni Communities

Jolly, Pieter

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“…Blundell (2004: 73) observes that 'the nature of interaction between San and Bantu speakers' varied greatly in different areas and across time, a point borne out in the discussion of the rock art outlined in the previous paragraph which suggests that a continuum of contact possibilities and types existed in the Drakensberg-Maloti and Nomansland. These include a high level of cultural subordination to the Bantu (Jolly 1995), creolisation and multi-ethnicity (Mallen 2008;Challis 2009) as well as co-habitation, but with a clear division of identity and culture (Blundell 2004), a situation that probably also prevailed in parts of the Free State (Klatzow 2010) and which also, to some extent, describes the position of Qing and his wives among the BaPhuthi. Gavin Whitelaw, drawing on archaeological, ethnographic, and 19 th -century testimonies from Nguni informants, argues that the general pattern of interaction between Nguni and San over the centuries was one that involved both cooperation and difference and subordination, with the ambiguous positioning of the San between nature and culture (2009: 143) making them sought after as diviners and rainmakers.…”

Section: War Contact and Identitymentioning

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Smoking Around the Campfire: A San Encounter with the Colonial

Wessels

2016

African Studies

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Section: War Contact and Identitymentioning

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Smoking Around the Campfire: A San Encounter with the Colonial

Wessels

2016

African Studies

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“…Moving beyond the tendency of positivist archaeology to sanction conceptions of culture and identity as fixed entities (Shepherd 2003b), archaeologists explored changing identities of hunter-gatherers and herders in the past (e.g. Parkington 1984;Jolly 1995), the role of ethnographic analogy in archaeology (e.g. J. Deacon 1986; Lewis-Williams and Dowson 1989), and the negotiation of power and gender in past social relations (e.g.…”

Section: Historical Perspectives From Settler Colony To Apartheid Statementioning

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Teaching Archaeological Pasts in South Africa: Historical and Contemporary Considerations of Archaeological Education

King

2012

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________________________________________________________________This paper discusses the history and trending of archaeological education in South Africa, a set of frameworks wherein primary and secondary level students instrumentalize archaeology to investigate and debate their pasts. Archaeological education has existed thus far as a conversation among archaeologists and a footnote in the national curriculum. I present the first cohesive treatment of these projects. I examine attendant conflicts and obstacles, drawn partly from my involvement in two South African projects but illustrating issues that I believe have global resonance. I submit that archaeological education entails engagements that hold serious ramifications for archaeological ethics, practice, and epistemology. ________________________________________________________________Résumé: Cette article discute l'histoire et les tendances de l'enseignement de l'archéologie en Afrique du Sud, ainsi qu'un nombre de cadres au sein desquels les élèves du primaire et du secondaire utilisent l'archéologie comme un outil pour découvrir et débattre de leur passé. Jusqu'à présent, l'enseignement de l'archéologie n'a fait l'objet de discussions qu'entre archéologues et n'a constitué qu'un point tout à fait marginal dans les programmes d'enseignement nationaux. Je présente ici le premier traitement systématique de ces projets. J'examine les conflits et les obstacles relatifs à ces projets, tirés en partie de mon engagement personnel au sein de deux programmes sud-africains spécifiques, mais qui, je pense, illustrent des problèmes existant à l'échelle mondiale. J'avance que l'enseignement de l'archéologie a des implications en termes d'engagement qui ont des ramifications sérieuses pour l'éthique, la pratique, et l'épistémologie de la discipline. ________________________________________________________________Resumen: El presente documento trata de la historia y tendencias de la educació n arqueoló gica en Sudáfrica, un conjunto de marcos en los que los estudiantes de nivel primario y secundario instrumentalizan la arqueología para investigar y debatir sus pasados. La educació n arqueoló gica ha existido hasta ahora como una conversació n entre arqueó logos y como una nota a pie de página en el plan de estudios nacional. Presento el primer tratamiento cohesivo de estos proyectos. Examino los conflictos y obstáculos que conlleva, extraídos parcialmente de mi implicació n en dos proyectos sudafricanos pero ilustrando cuestiones que creo que tienen una resonancia mundial. Sostengo que la educació n arqueoló gica conlleva compromisos que poseen serias ramificaciones para la ética, la práctica y la epistemología arqueoló gicas. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ KEY WORDSArchaeology, Education, South Africa, Ethical practice _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ There is alwa...

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“…Pieter Jolly (1994Jolly ( , 1995Jolly ( , 1996Jolly ( , 2006 has taken a rather different approach to the interpretation of contact period art in the Maloti-Drakensberg area. He has used historical records and oral traditions to emphasise the symbiotic nature of the relationship between San, Sotho and Nguni groups across a large part of the eastern Free State, Eastern Cape and Lesotho.…”

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Envisioning San History: Problems in the Reading of History in the Rock Art of the Maloti-Drakensberg Mountains of South Africa

Smith

2010

African Studies

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Melikane and Upper Mangolong Revisited: The Possible Effects on San Art of Symbiotic Contact between South-Eastern San and Southern Sotho and Nguni Communities

Cited by 32 publications

References 39 publications

Smoking Around the Campfire: A San Encounter with the Colonial

Smoking Around the Campfire: A San Encounter with the Colonial

Teaching Archaeological Pasts in South Africa: Historical and Contemporary Considerations of Archaeological Education

Envisioning San History: Problems in the Reading of History in the Rock Art of the Maloti-Drakensberg Mountains of South Africa

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