The Materiality of Rock Art and Quartz: a Case Study from Mpumalanga Province, South Africa

Jamie Hampson

doi:10.1017/S0959774313000498

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A San rock-art site in northeastern South Africa includes several intriguing features, including rubbed patches of pigment and a red line painted on top of a quartz vein. This article interrogates the relationships between hunter-gatherer beliefs, materiality and rock paintings, and suggests that San painters and viewers engaged with the unique Mpumalangan site for specific ritualistic purposes.

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