Species and supernatural potency: An unusual rock painting from the Motheo District, Free State province, South Africa

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 102, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 509-512

  Hollmann, J C ^a,b   Lewis Williams, J D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b NATAL MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY; HERBIVORE; HUNTER-GATHERER; RELIGION; ROCK ART;

AFRICA; FREE STATE; MOTHEO; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34249783928     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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