Traces in the Landscape
Hunters, Herders and Farmers on the Cedarberg Frontier, South Africa, 1725–95
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8980789 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laura J Mitchell (0009-0002-0846-0696, University of California, Irvine, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 431-450 |
| Publication date | 2002-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of African History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8537 • E-ISSN: 1469-5138 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0021853701008088 |
| OpenAlex | W2028289627 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Land tenure was at the center of the struggle between settlers and Khoisan on the colonial frontier during the eighteenth century. Different perceptions of land claims and differing patterns of land use prevented the possibility of mutual accommodation. Although pre-colonial hunters and herders co-existed in the Cedarberg region, the introduction of competition from settler pastoralism challenged the survival of both San and Khoikhoi patterns of subsistence. The fight for territory was rooted in competition over specific locations – sites endowed with resources such as permanent water, defensible shelter and ritual significance for the San. Colonial social structure supported settler land claims, eventually enabling successful occupation of a rugged region relatively isolated from the rest of the colony. In the last quarter of the century some Khoisan individuals worked within this system to make land claims of their own. Superior technology and a tightly woven social structure did not alter the basic features of the landscape, so colonists continued to subsist from transhumant pastoralism throughout the century
Agriculture · Archaeology · Colonialism · Competition (biology · Ethnology · Frontier · Geography · Land tenure · Livestock · Pastoralism · Quarter (Canadian coin · Subsistence agriculture · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Ecology · Forestry · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History
| Citations per year | 0.18 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2004 - 2023 (20) |
| Highly cited | No |