Radical Anthropology on Nostr: '..an unprecedented archaeoacoustic study conducted at 27 shelters with San paintings ...

'..an unprecedented archaeoacoustic study conducted at 27 shelters with San paintings located in the Maloti-Drakensberg mountains (South Africa). ... Drawing on these data, we suggest that in our study area, the choice of sites to be painted may have been predominantly influenced by ontological beliefs concerning how the San perceived the shelters and the surrounding landscape.'

#huntergatherers #SouthernAfrica #acoustics
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