Bushman Rock Art: An Interpretive Guide

409 Pages·2013·66.72 MB·English

by  Tim Forssman

BUSHMAN
ROCK ART
Other books by Lee Gutteridge
The South African Bushveld: A Field Guide from the Waterberg (Southbound 2008)
Okavango: A Field Guide (Southbound 2011), with Tony Reumerman
The Bushveld: A South African Field Guide, including the Kruger Lowveld (Southbound 2012)

Published in 2012 by Southbound
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ISBN 978-1-92014355-8

A shaman transforming into an elephant with the assistance of his teacher For Justin Bessler
(24 May 1989—20 August 2010)
a great friend, brother, son,
companion, sportsman.
We will always treasure
our memories of you and
Captain Bill Forssman
(28 January 1924—25 March 2011)
who taught compassion,
respect and humour.
He was a man above men
—TF
For my grandparents, Thomas, Robert,
Dorothy and Joan, with love
—LG
Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank several people who helped with the production
of this work. Firstly, we thank the Rock Art Research Institute (RARI) at the
University of the Witwatersrand. In particular, we appreciate the help given by
Ben Smith, Azizo De Fonseca and David Duns. This book would not have been
possible without their assistance. A number of individuals also offered us
invaluable advice and assistance: Daniel Farrell, Sandra Hubbard, Jamie
Hampson, Jeremy Hollmann, Jonathan Kaplan, David Lewis-Williams, Matt
Lotter, Siyakha Mguni, Peter Mitchell, David Morris, Decio Muianga, Neil and
Rose Potgieter, Jens Reissig, Benjamin Smith and, in particular, Kath Potgieter.
A special thank-you must also go to Mark Forssman, Quentin Fraser-Jones, Matt
Lotter, Solomon Pomerantz and Kath Potgieter who helped on earlier drafts of
the book. It goes without saying that we are deeply indebted to the 30° South
team and, in particular, Chris and Kerrin Cocks who went far beyond the call of
duty to get this book on the road. Lastly, to Keegan Thumberan in the Pinetown
Printers DTP department who worked tirelessly piecing together the various bits
of information we sent to him over the course of this project.
Tim would also like to thank his family, Mark, Bets and Chris Forssman, for all
their support throughout the years—especially while writing this book—and the
rest of the Forssman family; also the Potgieter family, Matt Lotter and Decio
Muianga—all an amazing bunch of people. I also would like to thank Lee for
initiating this adventure. It has been a privilege working with you and I will
treasure the laughs, the graft and especially all the lessons you have taught me.
Most of all, I would like to thank Kath Potgeiter, whose support never ceased or
wavered. I cannot think of my life without you.
Lee would like to thank Sarah, Kellen and Savannah for their support and, of
course, their patience while he was busy with this project. Also, thanks must go
to Diana, Ed and JP, his instructor team at the Entabeni Nature Guide Training
School. for their encouragement and support with this project. Special thanks to
Tim for sharing his vastly impressive knowledge with an interested amateur. It
was great fun crawling around in caves, debating the identity of faded images
and following GPS coordinates to some very random rockshelters and, of course,
who could forget tracking the dinosaur ... I hope we get to do this for many more
years to come!