Capturing The Spoor - An Exploration of the Rock Art of the Northernmost South Africa

Capturing the Spoor describes and discusses the virtually unknown rock art of the northernmost reaches of South Africa, in the area of the Central Limpopo Basin. The title of the book comes from the belief held by some traditional Bantu-speakers that the San can capture animal spoor and bewitch it in order to ensure hunting success. The authors use this as an analogy for understanding the behavior of people in the past through the traces they leave behind.

Softcover. English. New Africa Books. 2006. ISBN: 9780864866790. 216 pp. Good. Book No: 2504354