This will be fascinating, on #Maloti-Drakensberg #rockart dating to the Holocene #neoglacial in their montane environment, c.3500-2000 BP.
"As desirable game declined and hunting windows narrowed, we suggest that Neoglacial foragers sought to manage scheduling and social conflicts through enhanced spiritual negotiation with non-human entities in the landscape. Facilitated by the supernaturally charged nature of their elevated cosmos, this intensified spiritual labour may have found material expression in an elaborate new style of painting."
#huntergatherer #southernAfrica #rockpainting https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0035919X.2023.2244923