San Flashcards
List 7 points of the life of the San.
- Had no specific leader or chief
- Group agreement, not just one person decide
- Everyone have a change to have their say
- Everyone seen as equal
- Each group had the right to use the same land
- No one own the animals - animals gift of gods
- Lived in harmony with nature
Describe the physical appearance of the San people.
Small in size
Skin colour is brown
Excellent eye sight
Language has “click” sounds
The San people are nomadic (true or false)
True
What does nomadic mean?
Move around a lot, don’t stay in one place
What was the reasons for them moving often?
Followed how the game (wild animals) moved, plants and water needs
Did they live in big or small groups?
Small, about 25 people in a group (men, women and children)
Who were the hunters in the group?
Men
What does it mean to be an expert tracker?
They follow the spoor or track of the animals for kilometres.
What did they use to hunt with?
Bows and poisoned arrows
Snares
Clubs
Long poles with hooks for fishing
What did the San who lived on the coast eat?
Crayfish, seals, mussels and perlemoen
What did they make the hooks from?
Sharpened bone and wood
What is a tidal trap?
Stacked stones in the water to catch fish
Where did they use for poison on their arrows?
Special beetle or plants
Once the poison arrow hit an animal, does it die quickly?
No, the poison took long to work and the hunter sometimes have to follow the animal for 3 days.
What was there believe about hunting a large eland?
That you had to think like an eland and even imitate it.
Sometimes they disguise themselves as other animals