People making history : the last ten thousand years of hunter-gatherer communities in the Thukela Basin

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dc.contributor.advisorParkington, Johnen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMazel, Aron Den_ZA
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dc.date.available2016-09-20T12:30:08Z
dc.date.issued1988en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: pages 322-353.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe primary aim of this thesis is to document and explain the 10 000 BP AD 1800 history of the Thukela Basin hunter-gatherers. The primary information for this study comes from my excavation, between 1981 and 1984, of eight rock shelters in the upper Thukela catchment. My aims and theoretical orientation have altered substantially since the project's ,inception. They have changed from being concerned primarily with ecological phenomena to the reconstruction of a regional social history. As part of this redefinition I have developed a critique of South African Later Stone Age (LSA) studies from the early 1960s, arguing that the predominant, ecological, approaches of this period are inadequate in dealing with past human societies. My reasons for adopting a socially orientated historical approach concern the social relevance of archaeology, and the need to generate the best possible insights into past societies. I submit that historical materialism offers a very valuable framework for social historical analysis. The theoretical propositions germane to this study are presented. I then concentrate specifically on Thukela Basirr hunter-gatherer history. The periods dating to before and after 2000 BP are dealt with separately because of the arrival of farmers in the Thukela Basin around AD 500.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMazel, A. D. (1988). <i>People making history : the last ten thousand years of hunter-gatherer communities in the Thukela Basin</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Archaeology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21814en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMazel, Aron D. <i>"People making history : the last ten thousand years of hunter-gatherer communities in the Thukela Basin."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Archaeology, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21814en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMazel, A. 1988. People making history : the last ten thousand years of hunter-gatherer communities in the Thukela Basin. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Mazel, Aron D AB - The primary aim of this thesis is to document and explain the 10 000 BP AD 1800 history of the Thukela Basin hunter-gatherers. The primary information for this study comes from my excavation, between 1981 and 1984, of eight rock shelters in the upper Thukela catchment. My aims and theoretical orientation have altered substantially since the project's ,inception. They have changed from being concerned primarily with ecological phenomena to the reconstruction of a regional social history. As part of this redefinition I have developed a critique of South African Later Stone Age (LSA) studies from the early 1960s, arguing that the predominant, ecological, approaches of this period are inadequate in dealing with past human societies. My reasons for adopting a socially orientated historical approach concern the social relevance of archaeology, and the need to generate the best possible insights into past societies. I submit that historical materialism offers a very valuable framework for social historical analysis. The theoretical propositions germane to this study are presented. I then concentrate specifically on Thukela Basirr hunter-gatherer history. The periods dating to before and after 2000 BP are dealt with separately because of the arrival of farmers in the Thukela Basin around AD 500. DA - 1988 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1988 T1 - People making history : the last ten thousand years of hunter-gatherer communities in the Thukela Basin TI - People making history : the last ten thousand years of hunter-gatherer communities in the Thukela Basin UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21814 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/21814
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMazel AD. People making history : the last ten thousand years of hunter-gatherer communities in the Thukela Basin. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Archaeology, 1988 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21814en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Archaeologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherExcavations (Archaeology) - South Africa - Natal - Thuleka Basinen_ZA
dc.titlePeople making history : the last ten thousand years of hunter-gatherer communities in the Thukela Basinen_ZA
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