Archaeological Evidence of Domestic Sheep in the Namib Desert During the First millennium AD

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" Archaeological Evidence of Domestic Sheep in the Namib Desert During the First millennium AD "
John Kinahan

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1069919
Doc. No	:	LA113548
Call No	:	‭10.3213/2191-5784-10280‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	John Kinahan
Title & Author	:	Archaeological Evidence of Domestic Sheep in the Namib Desert During the First millennium AD [Article]\ John Kinahan
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of African Archaeology
Date	:	2016
Volume/ Issue Number	:	14/1
Page No	:	7–17
Abstract	:	Bones of domestic sheep dated to the early first millennium AD are described from the Dâures massif in the Namib Desert. The remains confirm earlier investigations which inferred the acquisition of livestock from indirect evidence in the rock art, suggesting a fundamental shift in ritual practice at this time. Dating of the sheep remains is in broad agreement with the dating of other finds in the same area and in southern Africa as a whole. The presence of suspected sheep bone artefacts, possibly used for ritual purposes, draws attention to the importance of livestock as more than a component of diet in the changing economy of hunter-gatherer society. Bones of domestic sheep dated to the early first millennium AD are described from the Dâures massif in the Namib Desert. The remains confirm earlier investigations which inferred the acquisition of livestock from indirect evidence in the rock art, suggesting a fundamental shift in ritual practice at this time. Dating of the sheep remains is in broad agreement with the dating of other finds in the same area and in southern Africa as a whole. The presence of suspected sheep bone artefacts, possibly used for ritual purposes, draws attention to the importance of livestock as more than a component of diet in the changing economy of hunter-gatherer society.
Descriptor	:	domestic sheep
Descriptor	:	hunter-gatherers
Descriptor	:	Namib Desert
Descriptor	:	nomadic pastoralism
Location & Call number	:	‭10.3213/2191-5784-10280‬