Stylistic boundaries among mobile hunter-foragers
1988, 1st edition. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #391532
ISBN: 0874748380
Physical description: 186 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-186). Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. The Upper Seacow river valley -- 3. Archaeology of the Upper Seacow river bushmen -- 4. Sherd collection and classification -- 5. Introduction to the non-rocker motifs -- 6. The comb-stamp decorations -- 7. Small spatulate stylus and related types -- 8. Double tip stylus and variations -- 9. The large plain spatulate decorations -- 10. Porcupine quill decorations -- 11. Motifs with peripheral distributions -- 12. The rocker-stamp motifs -- 13. Interpretations. Subjects: San (African people) Pottery; Art, San; Pottery, Prehistoric South Africa; South Africa Antiquities; Hunting and gathering societies South Africa; Southern Africa Archaeological investigation; Southern Africa Archaeology.
Price: €14.95