The Materiality of Rock Art and Quartz

A Case Study from Mpumalanga Province, South Africa

Bibliographic Data

ID6044590
AuthorsJamie Hampson (0000-0001-5914-9422, The University of Western Australia, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume23
Issue3
Pages363-372
Publication date2013-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCambridge Archaeological Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0959-7743 • E-ISSN: 1474-0540
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0959774313000498
OpenAlexW2043845531
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited43

A San rock-art site in northeastern South Africa includes several intriguing features, including rubbed patches of pigment and a red line painted on top of a quartz vein. This article interrogates the relationships between hunter-gatherer beliefs, materiality and rock paintings, and suggests that San painters and viewers engaged with the unique Mpumalangan site for specific ritualistic purposes

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Painting · Quartz · Rock art · Visual arts · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · History · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Geology · Paleontology

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