First People: The Lost History of the Khoisan

Description

In First People, archaeologist Andrew Smith examines what we know aboutSouthern Africa's early people, drawing on evidence from archaeological sitesand rock art, the observations of colonial-era travellers, linguistics, and thestudy of the human genome. Smith has studied the history and prehistory of the Khoisan throughout his long anddistinguished career. These communities represent the early groups of hunter-gatherersand herders and the oldest human lineages of Africa, some migrating from as far as EastAfrica to settle in countries like Namibia, Botswana, and South Africa. Fully illustrated and including the latest academic research, First People is an invaluableand accessible work that reaches from the Stone Age and travels through time to themost recent history of the Khoisan. It paints a knowledgeable and fascinating portrait oftheir land occupation, migration, survival, culture, and practices.

Professor Andrew Smith is an archaeologist, excavator and researcher who has spent the last 50 years researching and working closely with African herders and hunters. He has travelled around the globe, joined expeditions to Egypt, and excavated at some of the richest prehistoric herding sites.