Shades of the Rainbow Serpent? A KhoeSan Animal between Myth and Landscape in Southern Africa—Ethnographic Contextualisations of Rock Art Representations
The snake is a potent entity in many cultures across the world, and is a noticeable global theme in rock art and inscribed landscapes. We mobilise our long-term ethnographic research with southern African KhoeSan peoples to situate and interpret the presence of snake motifs in the region’s rock art....
Main Authors: | Sian Sullivan, Chris Low |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2014-06-01
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Series: | Arts |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0752/3/2/215 |
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