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Making weapons out of rock |
History of the Khoi-San
(Bushmen or San People) of the Kalahari Desert, Botswana,
Africa
These people were the original inhabitants of Southern Africa
and are commonly known as Bushmen or San. They appeared as
a separate and identifiable group well over 20 000 years
ago.
They were hunter-gatherers, hunting with bows and arrows
and eating edible roots and berries. Living in rock shelters,
in the open or in crude shelters of twigs and grass or animal
skins. They made no pottery, rather using ostrich eggshells
or animal parts for storing and holding liquids.
Today remnants of the Bushmen survive only in the Kalahari.
Interestingly in spite of great linguistic differences between
the various Bushman groups, the fundamentals of Bushman social
organization and religion are to all intents and purposes
universal.
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Read more about the Kalahari
Desert Bushmen here...
If you where to stay at Deception
Valley you would be taking on a guided tour and meet
these interesting people...
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the kalahari desert...
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Kalahari Desert Game Reserve ...
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people of the San...
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Species found in the Kalahari Desert ...
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