Tsodilo Hills: copper bracelet of the Kalahari

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Title:	Tsodilo Hills: copper bracelet of the Kalahari
Editor:	Campbell, Alec C.
Year:	2010
Pages:	179
Language:	English
City of publisher:	East Lansing
Publisher:	Michigan State University Press
ISBN:	0870138588; 9780870138584
Geographic term:	Botswana
Subjects:	San rock art archaeology
Abstract:	The Tsodilo Hills in the Kalahari Desert in Botswana, the biggest geological rock formation in Africa, have been inhabited for more than 100,000 years. The sacred territory of the San in Ngamiland now contains two settlements belonging to two extended families, the Hambukushu and Juc'hoansi. Their Juc'hoansi name means 'Copper Bracelet of the Evening'. This book contains twelve essays by Alec Campbell, Larry Robins, Michael Taylor, George A. Brook, Mike Murphy, Edwin N. Wilmsen, James R. Denbow, Robert K. Hitchcock, Phillip Segadika and James G. Workman detailing research into the archaeology, prehistory, palaeontology, rock art, geology and anthropology of the region, immortalized in Laurens van der Post's 'The Lost World of the Kalahari' (originally published in 1958). The research has shown that far from being just hunters and gatherers the people have been fishers (there was once a large inland lake), miners and metalworkers, rock artists, cattle herders and participants in a coast-to-coast trade network. The area is now a UNESCO World Heritage site. [ASC Leiden abstract]