This study tests the hypothesis that Khoe speaking herders from northern Botswana
brought pottery to the southern tip of Africa. Stylistically in terms of lip types, rim
orientations, vessel size, shape and decoration no homogeneity was noted between
and within samples from several sites in Southern Africa thus refuting the idea that
these vessels were made by the same population. Noted was the fact that during the
LSA the technology behind the manufacturing pots and probably the idea of using
these pots was the same but each group decorated their variously shaped pots
according to their own choices influenced probably by their cultural beliefs. This
study argues for a need to shift the mindset that for every new tradition in the southern
African archaeological record appearing it has to involve massive movement of
people introducing it. Therefore this study brings forth the idea that pottery probably
reached the tip of Africa by diffusion.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/4873 |
| Date | 23 May 2008 |
| Creators | Motloung, Alitta Ntolwane |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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