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G05 ~ Social Sciences: History
For the curious Try to find more pictures of rock art by the hunter-gatherers and shepherds of the Later Stone Age.
These drawings indicate to us that wild animals played a very important role in the San’s
lives. It shows quite clearly how they hunted and killed the animals. Take a close look at how
the people are depicted in the drawings. For example, their heads are very small and they
have large, round buttocks. Image 1.7 shows how they point their weapons up to the sky and
celebrate when they have completed the hunt, since it meant that they could eat meat again.
We also see a drawing of eland – the eland was very important to them. The San believed that finding an eland would bring them prosperity and happiness. Activity 3 Study the simplified San rock painting and answer the questions.
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What type of scene does the rock art in image 1.8 portray? What type of weapons did they use?
What type of animal do you think is portrayed in this rock art?
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