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Southern African Rock Art Paleolithic Peoples Southern African Rock Art

Early Human History 5 million BCE - first hominids (human relatives) evolved in east Africa @500,000 years ago - first modern hominids (humans like us): larger brains 150,000 to 200,000 BCE - first homo sapiens (modern humans) Other hominid groups died out Links to Human Family Tree & Timeline

Age of Earth vs. Humans Age of the Earth = 4.5 billion years Hominid history = @ 5-6 million years Homo sapiens (like us) = 200,000 years 1 billion years = 1000 million years

Early Human History (cont.) Human adaptations to environment and resources Human migrations for food and other survival reasons – populated other continents By 50,000 BCE humans in Southeast Asia and Australia By 12,000 BCE in northeast Asia and Americas

Great website on human evolution: Smithsonian Institution’s “What Does It Mean to Be Human” website

History of Human Migration First homo sapiens evolved in eastern Africa – migrated to other continents over next 50,000 years

Problems Studying Early Human History? 1st written records only 5 thousand years ago – few survive Using artifacts Fossil records Have to use other sources of info. Accuracy? Meaning? Forensic science DNA, carbon dating Link - list and explanation of diff. forms of dating

Paleolithic Rock and Cave Art classzone.com

Video Links Rick Steves at Lasceaux, France Lasceaux Prehistory of Art, Part 1

Paleolithic Cave Paintings: Europe http://www.donsmaps.com/cavepaintings.html

Location of African Rock Art Spans centuries: 35,000 B.C.E+ to present

Drakensberg Mountains, South Africa

Cave Art, Inanke, Zimbabwe

Drakensberg, South Africa

RARI-RSA-FUE1-11.jpg

Characteristics of Paleolithic Peoples

Paleolithic Life: 2 million – 10,000 years ago Early hominids and homo sapiens used stone tools Lived in family groups Foraged for food – cooperation Hunting and gathering Adapted to environment and other changing situations Developed different cultures

Paleolithic Tool Kit http://www.markville.ss.yrdsb.edu.on.ca/projects/classof2008/chong2/kissoore/middlepaleolithic.htm

Linton Panel – The ‘Rosetta Stone’ of S.A. Rock Art Created in 18th or 19th century, C.E.

Game Pass, SA – original location of Linton Panel

Linton Panel Drawing Interpretation of Rock Art?:

San Trance Ritual Lonyana Rock, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa.

Meaning? Significance? Healing Powers – Curing the sick

San Trance – Bleeding from Nose RARI-RSA-HAE1-2R.jpg; http://www.sarada.co.za/

Trance: Bleeding from Nose RARI-RSA-FUL1-5R.jpg

San Trance Rituals

Trance: Meaning? Significance? Storm Shelter, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Meaning? Significance?

Shaman Transformed

Trance: Swallows (Birds) RSA-EZE1-6.jpg; http://www.sarada.co.za

Shaman and Participants

Shaman

Portrait of a Shaman Storm Shelter, Eastern Cape, South Africa Individual Shaman: Respected and Powerful Storm Shelter, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Modern Rock Art: Men on horses with rifles RARI-RSA-BEH1-1R.jpg

Link to The African Rock Art Archive

Were Paleolithic people civilized Were Paleolithic people civilized? or What do we know about Paleolithic culture?