This study combines detailed observations of the behaviour of swifts (family Apodidae) with
the ethnography of southern African hunter-gatherers in order to investigate the symbolism …

Theropod dinosaurs are considered the main terrestrial carnivores in the Jurassic and
Cretaceous. Their rise to dominance has been linked to, among others, body size changes …

South of the Sahara, scholars generally agree on the presence of multiple distinct rock art
traditions. Among these are the 'Late White Tradition', consisting of dots made with fingers in …

The Groot Winterhoek Mountains northwest of Port Elizabeth contain a body of largely
unexplored rock art. McAll's Cave, one of 38 recorded sites, contains exceptionally rich and …

In the course of fieldwork in the Maclear District, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa (Fig. 1)
over the past few years three painted sites were identified in which parts of the painted walls …

Thunder myths around the world contain thunder god descriptions matching rock art motifs
found in reverberating locations. Thunderbirds are found on echoing cliffs of the Americas …

Animal-anthropomorphic metaphor, as reflected in San (Bushmen) rock paintings of
therianthropes (part-human, part-animal beings) have been linked to mythical encounters …

For reasons of space, this chapter will only cover published texts for the period in question,
and thus university dissertations will not be reviewed, even though most of them are …

In December of 1992, when I was an archaeology student at Wits University, I joined a field
trip with another student and Professor David Lewis-Williams. From Johannesburg, we …