Benjamin W Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 3613613 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Benjamin W Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Benjamin W |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH B W |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 83 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The rock art of Kondoa District, Tanzania
We review the history of rock art research in Kondoa District, Tanzania, specifically the area covered by the ‘Kondoa Rock Art Sites UNESCO World Heritage Site’. We examine why, after nearly a century of research, there is neither a broadly agreed upon stylistic sequence for the rock art of the area nor a clear ascription of authorship. We seek to provide a solution to this impasse by introducing a rigorous and systematised analytical approach th…
Working with Rock Art: Recording, presenting and understanding rock art using indigenous knowledge
Envisioning San History: Problems in the Reading of History in the Rock Art of the Maloti-Drakensberg Mountains of South Africa
This article considers what Geoff Blundell has called the 'Holy Grail of southern African rock art research' (2004:63): the vision of a South African history, based not on outsider colonial records, but on the insider evidence of rock art. It reviews two decades of research aimed at historicising our understanding of the rock art of the Maloti-Drakensberg Mountains and discusses the extent to which this work has provided the kind of histories 'ow…
Taking Stock: Identifying Khoekhoen Herder Rock Art in Southern Africa
Recent archaeological research has identified a widespread southern African rock art tradition that materially affects the debate over what archaeology can tell us about prehistory in southern Africa. This tradition differs from the one attributed to the ancestors of todays San in being dominated by roughpecked and fingerpainted geometric imagery. Using appearance, technique, age, geographic distribution, site preference, and relationship to know…
The White Camel of the Makgabeng
Research in the Northern Province of South Africa has revealed a most surprising new rock art find: a painting of a camel. This paper investigates how and why a camel came to be painted in the remote rock art of the Makgabeng hills. Analysis of archival material allows one to attribute the painting to a Northern Sotho artist who was active in the first decade of the twentieth century. The purpose of the painting is revealed in its context; it for…
Forbidden Images: Rock Paintings and the Nyau Secret Society of Central Malaŵi and Eastern Zambia
Edward M. Goldberg
at the age of 61. She left family, thousands of students, and friends all the way from Arkansas to the White House. Her loss is felt keenly by a large, admiring number of political scientists to whom she was always the best of colleagues and the most delightful of friends
Samuel Watson Smith 1897-1993
Political Theory and Political Science: Studies in the Methodology of Political Inquiry. Martin Landau
Taking Stock: Identifying Khoekhoen Herder Rock Art in Southern Africa
Recent archaeological research has identified a widespread southern African rock art tradition that materially affects the debate over what archaeology can tell us about prehistory in southern Africa. This tradition differs from the one attributed to the ancestors of todays San in being dominated by roughpecked and fingerpainted geometric imagery. Using appearance, technique, age, geographic distribution, site preference, and relationship to know…
Envisioning San History: Problems in the Reading of History in the Rock Art of the Maloti-Drakensberg Mountains of South Africa
This article considers what Geoff Blundell has called the 'Holy Grail of southern African rock art research' (2004:63): the vision of a South African history, based not on outsider colonial records, but on the insider evidence of rock art. It reviews two decades of research aimed at historicising our understanding of the rock art of the Maloti-Drakensberg Mountains and discusses the extent to which this work has provided the kind of histories 'ow…
The White Camel of the Makgabeng
Research in the Northern Province of South Africa has revealed a most surprising new rock art find: a painting of a camel. This paper investigates how and why a camel came to be painted in the remote rock art of the Makgabeng hills. Analysis of archival material allows one to attribute the painting to a Northern Sotho artist who was active in the first decade of the twentieth century. The purpose of the painting is revealed in its context; it for…
The rock art of Kondoa District, Tanzania
We review the history of rock art research in Kondoa District, Tanzania, specifically the area covered by the ‘Kondoa Rock Art Sites UNESCO World Heritage Site’. We examine why, after nearly a century of research, there is neither a broadly agreed upon stylistic sequence for the rock art of the area nor a clear ascription of authorship. We seek to provide a solution to this impasse by introducing a rigorous and systematised analytical approach th…
Forbidden Images: Rock Paintings and the Nyau Secret Society of Central Malaŵi and Eastern Zambia
Edward M. Goldberg
at the age of 61. She left family, thousands of students, and friends all the way from Arkansas to the White House. Her loss is felt keenly by a large, admiring number of political scientists to whom she was always the best of colleagues and the most delightful of friends
Political Theory and Political Science: Studies in the Methodology of Political Inquiry. Martin Landau
Samuel Watson Smith 1897-1993
Edward M. Goldberg
at the age of 61. She left family, thousands of students, and friends all the way from Arkansas to the White House. Her loss is felt keenly by a large, admiring number of political scientists to whom she was always the best of colleagues and the most delightful of friends
Forbidden Images: Rock Paintings and the Nyau Secret Society of Central Malaŵi and Eastern Zambia
The White Camel of the Makgabeng
Research in the Northern Province of South Africa has revealed a most surprising new rock art find: a painting of a camel. This paper investigates how and why a camel came to be painted in the remote rock art of the Makgabeng hills. Analysis of archival material allows one to attribute the painting to a Northern Sotho artist who was active in the first decade of the twentieth century. The purpose of the painting is revealed in its context; it for…
Taking Stock: Identifying Khoekhoen Herder Rock Art in Southern Africa
Recent archaeological research has identified a widespread southern African rock art tradition that materially affects the debate over what archaeology can tell us about prehistory in southern Africa. This tradition differs from the one attributed to the ancestors of todays San in being dominated by roughpecked and fingerpainted geometric imagery. Using appearance, technique, age, geographic distribution, site preference, and relationship to know…
Envisioning San History: Problems in the Reading of History in the Rock Art of the Maloti-Drakensberg Mountains of South Africa
This article considers what Geoff Blundell has called the 'Holy Grail of southern African rock art research' (2004:63): the vision of a South African history, based not on outsider colonial records, but on the insider evidence of rock art. It reviews two decades of research aimed at historicising our understanding of the rock art of the Maloti-Drakensberg Mountains and discusses the extent to which this work has provided the kind of histories 'ow…
Working with Rock Art: Recording, presenting and understanding rock art using indigenous knowledge
The rock art of Kondoa District, Tanzania
We review the history of rock art research in Kondoa District, Tanzania, specifically the area covered by the ‘Kondoa Rock Art Sites UNESCO World Heritage Site’. We examine why, after nearly a century of research, there is neither a broadly agreed upon stylistic sequence for the rock art of the area nor a clear ascription of authorship. We seek to provide a solution to this impasse by introducing a rigorous and systematised analytical approach th…
Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (6 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · History (5 works) · Rock art (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Ethnology (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (4 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (3 works)