Hunter Gathers & Herders In SA Flashcards
What did the first SA people live by
Hunting, fishing & gathering
What did the San people collect
Roots, berries, fruit & honey
What do we call the people that gather
Hunter gatherers
Why did they call some people herders
They became farmers and herded cattle & sheep
Name 4 things that the San told stories about
Told us about animals that were clever like people
Told us about their beliefs and values
Told us that they shared and helped people
Told us the bad characters are proud & selfish
What are nomads - two reasons
People that move around a lot and do not build permanent houses
Why do archaeologists dig in the soil
Looking to find objects that may have been left behind
Give 4 examples of objects found by Archaeologists
Arrows
Digging sticks
Remains of ancient fireplaces
Bones & plant roots & bulbs
How were arrows made by the San people
Used sharp pieces of stone to cut things and some pieces were chipped in a special way to make a sharp point. These sharp points were fastened to thin sticks to make arrows
Who used digging sticks and why
The San women use them for digging roots
How are digging sticks made
They made holes in stones and fastened the stones onto digging sticks to make it easier for digging
How do we know there were few families that lived together
Because there were the remains of few fireplaces
Name three things that rock paintings tell us
They tell us how the San lived,
what they believed
and how they healed the sick
Name three things the book by James Chapman tell us about the San
How they hunted with bows and arrows
How the women gathered with their digging sticks
How they San never lived in one place for long
Where are there still traditional San people found
In the deep Kalahari
How many families and people in those families lived in the San communities
3 or 4 families of 10 to 20 people
Why did the San live in smaller communities
Because there was not enough wild food to support large communities
What two things did the San people know about dry areas
Knew which fruits or roots contained water
Knew where the animals move to at different times of the year
What is a conservationist
Someone who doesn’t use up all the food in the same place
What did hunter gathers who lived near the coast collect
Shellfish
What is the bag called the carries the hunter arrows
A quiver
Where did the poison come from that they put on arrows
Plants, snakes & larvae
How long did it take for an animal do die from the poison on an arrow
About 1 day
All people were equal. How do we know this
Men hunted while women gathered and their kill was shared among everybody
