Eland, Hunters and Concepts of ‘Sympathetic Control’: Expressed in Southern African Rock Art

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Publication Date

April 2005

Publication Title

Cambridge Archaeological Journal

Volume Number

15

Issue Number

1

Abstract

Depictions of wounded or dying eland, juxtaposed with images of human or therianthropic figures ‘dying’ in trance or symbolically ‘wounded’, are discussed in the context of ‘sympathetic control’ expressed in southern African rock art. It is suggested that the development of concepts of control included the use of skin costumes in hunting contexts and in ritual, linked to concepts associated with trance.

Keywords

Eland, Hunters, Sympathetic Control, Rock Art

Geographic Subject

Southern Africa; South Africa

Document Type

Article

Language

English

Identifier

SFS0044403_00001

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