HIST 170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Defecation, Digging Stick, The Prehistoric Society
6 Nov 2017
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Study and discussion guide for the dobe ju/"hoansi (3rd edition, chapter 3, pp. Some of these people are pastoralists; others are hunter-gatherers. Diverse but share a # of features = complex kinship system as basic form of govt. Khoisan - scholar in 1920s gave this name (leonard schultz); referred to previously as bush men, or hottentots; Khoe = person; khoeb = man; khoes = woman. Kinship = fundamental area of difference among societies, core principles that united. Some scholars believe they were a single race/cultural group that spread all over southern and eastern africa and as far north as egypt live in the dobe area. Fossils 40,000 yrs old in this area. Anthropologist spend a lot of time focusing on them. 1950s laurence marshall spent time among them. Kalahari - desert; where ju lived; harshest desert on earth; dug holes to protect themselves from extreme heat. Yes bc unique opportunity to look into prehistoric society.
