Ghilraen Bishop Laue
Biographic Data
| ID | 4065144 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ghilraen Bishop Laue |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ghilraen Bishop |
| FAMILY NAME | Laue |
| SIGNATURE | LAUE G B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Witwatersrand |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0710-0878 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Bored Discs of Stone and Rain Control in Kaingo Game Reserve, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Bored disc fragments of quartzitic sandstone were excavated from Welgevonden Rock Shelter and collected from the surface of the talus slope of Dwaalhoek 11 Rock Shelter on Kaingo Game Reserve in the Waterberg. The fragments represent stages of manufacture, breakage, and occasional recycling as grinders. Naturally flat slabs were knapped, often bifacially, to shape discs. Then, small, rounded hollows were pecked to thin the center of both disc fac…
The Later Stone Age of Welgevonden Rock Shelter, Waterberg, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Welgevonden Rock Shelter and its surrounds were used intermittently from the Earlier Stone Age to the Later Stone Age and perhaps by Iron Age farmers. We report on Later Stone Age occupations that probably began in the last few thousand years and persisted until at least 270 years ago. The rich lithic assemblage contains a variety of backed tools and small end scrapers made on quartz, chalcedony and siltstone together with a large assemblage of g…
Diverse performances on a shared stage: Rock art of Kaingo Sheep Rock Shelter, Waterberg, South Africa
Kaingo Sheep Rock Shelter in the Waterberg, Limpopo Province, preserves a complex palimpsest of images made by hunter-gatherer, farmer, and possibly herder peoples. Through detailed visual analysis of superimpositions, pigment choice, technique, and manner of depiction, we identify seven phases of art making. We argue that each phase represents an act of visual communication, which later artists responded to, forming a dialogue through time and b…
Rock Art and Hunter–Gatherer Landscapes: Iconography, Cosmology and Topography in Southern Africa
Landscape studies of hunter–gatherer rock art often suffer from logical flaws. Some of these failings stem from the founding question that researchers ask: “Why do some places have images while others do not?” This question is misleading and not particularly helpful in some—but not all—contexts where there is no direct ethnographic evidence to provide an answer. Instead, we suggest that a better question from which to begin is: “How are rock art …
On the relationship between sound, acoustics, and San rock art: An archaeoacoustic study at twenty-seven sites in the Maloti-Drakensberg mountains (South Africa)
Woodstock Rocks: From Acheulean to Iron Age in the Waterberg, Limpopo Province, South Africa
The cliff terrace site, Woodstock Rocks, was exploited occasionally by hominins from the Earlier Stone Age to the Iron Age. A small excavation uncovered an Acheulean quartzite workshop with many flakes, but lacking large cutting tools and without organic preservation. Below the workshop site, a ferricrete river terrace cements Acheulean lithics that include large cutting tools, giant flakes and heavy-duty scrapers. A palaeomagnetic study reveals …
Rock Art Conservation with a Focus on Southern Africa
Rock art sites around the world are disappearing due to natural weathering, vandalism, and development. In Africa, conservation problems are compounded by the continent’s colonial legacy. Conservation can no longer just be seen in the narrow sense of conserving only the rock art; rather, there is a need for “consultative conservation” that includes the broader significance of a site and accommodates all stakeholders, including local communities. …
Rock Art in Southern Africa, Regional Difference
Rock Art in Southern Africa, Regional Difference
Exploring regionality in the rock art of the Groot Winterhoek Mountains, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
"Exploring regionality in the rock art of the Groot Winterhoek Mountains, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa." Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa, 54(4), p. 549
Exploring regionality in the rock art of the Groot Winterhoek Mountains, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
"Exploring regionality in the rock art of the Groot Winterhoek Mountains, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa." Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa, 54(4), p. 549
Rock Art in Southern Africa, Regional Difference
Rock Art in Southern Africa, Regional Difference
Rock Art Conservation with a Focus on Southern Africa
Rock art sites around the world are disappearing due to natural weathering, vandalism, and development. In Africa, conservation problems are compounded by the continent’s colonial legacy. Conservation can no longer just be seen in the narrow sense of conserving only the rock art; rather, there is a need for “consultative conservation” that includes the broader significance of a site and accommodates all stakeholders, including local communities. …
Woodstock Rocks: From Acheulean to Iron Age in the Waterberg, Limpopo Province, South Africa
The cliff terrace site, Woodstock Rocks, was exploited occasionally by hominins from the Earlier Stone Age to the Iron Age. A small excavation uncovered an Acheulean quartzite workshop with many flakes, but lacking large cutting tools and without organic preservation. Below the workshop site, a ferricrete river terrace cements Acheulean lithics that include large cutting tools, giant flakes and heavy-duty scrapers. A palaeomagnetic study reveals …
On the relationship between sound, acoustics, and San rock art: An archaeoacoustic study at twenty-seven sites in the Maloti-Drakensberg mountains (South Africa)
Rock Art and Hunter–Gatherer Landscapes: Iconography, Cosmology and Topography in Southern Africa
Landscape studies of hunter–gatherer rock art often suffer from logical flaws. Some of these failings stem from the founding question that researchers ask: “Why do some places have images while others do not?” This question is misleading and not particularly helpful in some—but not all—contexts where there is no direct ethnographic evidence to provide an answer. Instead, we suggest that a better question from which to begin is: “How are rock art …
Bored Discs of Stone and Rain Control in Kaingo Game Reserve, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Bored disc fragments of quartzitic sandstone were excavated from Welgevonden Rock Shelter and collected from the surface of the talus slope of Dwaalhoek 11 Rock Shelter on Kaingo Game Reserve in the Waterberg. The fragments represent stages of manufacture, breakage, and occasional recycling as grinders. Naturally flat slabs were knapped, often bifacially, to shape discs. Then, small, rounded hollows were pecked to thin the center of both disc fac…
The Later Stone Age of Welgevonden Rock Shelter, Waterberg, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Welgevonden Rock Shelter and its surrounds were used intermittently from the Earlier Stone Age to the Later Stone Age and perhaps by Iron Age farmers. We report on Later Stone Age occupations that probably began in the last few thousand years and persisted until at least 270 years ago. The rich lithic assemblage contains a variety of backed tools and small end scrapers made on quartz, chalcedony and siltstone together with a large assemblage of g…
Diverse performances on a shared stage: Rock art of Kaingo Sheep Rock Shelter, Waterberg, South Africa
Kaingo Sheep Rock Shelter in the Waterberg, Limpopo Province, preserves a complex palimpsest of images made by hunter-gatherer, farmer, and possibly herder peoples. Through detailed visual analysis of superimpositions, pigment choice, technique, and manner of depiction, we identify seven phases of art making. We argue that each phase represents an act of visual communication, which later artists responded to, forming a dialogue through time and b…
Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (10 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (9 works) · Geography (7 works) · Archaeology (6 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (6 works) · Geology (4 works) · Rock art (4 works) · Geology (3 works) · Rock shelter (3 works) · Stone Age (2 works)