![]() When an antelope was killed, they would use every part of the animal, so that nothing went to waste. They would only hunt what they could eat, never hunting for sport. In the San society, the women would go out and pick the plants and herbs for food, and the men would hunt and go fishing. If anyone became ill, they would also know which plants to use as medicine. They also had to follow the migration of the antelope for hunting to ensure that they would never go hungry, and know the different places to get water so that they would not go thirsty. The San were able to follow the seasons and know where the plants for food would grow, making sure not to pick too many plants and damage the environment. How wrong they were! Little did the Europeans know how clever the San were! Even though the San were using Stone-Age technology, these hunter-gatherers were very skilled. When the Europeans came to Africa, they thought that the indigenous people were very primitive. ![]() In this section we will learn all about the life of the San. Khoikhoi tribe man from South Africa Image Source Because of this, many South African San people either died of disease or were forced to join other clans for survival. With their advanced weaponry, the Europeans were also able to force the Khoi and San off their land. The European diseases, such as Smallpox, caused thousands of San and Khoi people to die during the 18th and 19th centuries. When the Europeans arrived at the Cape of Good Hope in 1652, they brought advanced weapons and new diseases. Life of the San changes forever: The arrival of the Europeans Examples are the making of ostrich eggshell beads, shell ornaments, the bow and arrow and rock art. Today we still see evidence of cultural practices that are being used by Southern African hunter-gatherers. That must be one very long and big family tree! Archaeologists believe that the San were the descendants of the original homo sapiens who had lived in South Africa for at least 150 000 years. Through archaeological research and San oral history or storytelling we know that there were a lot of San groups living in the Southern Kalahari. In South Africa we use the name ‘San’ to describe the indigenous people of Southern Africa who live or used to live by hunting and gathering.ĭid you know that the European settlers had many names for the hunter gatherers? These included Bosjesman, Soaqua, Bushmen, `Sarwa' or `Basarwa', and `Twa'. The name ‘San’ comes from the Khoi-Khoi word ‘Saan’, which means 'people who gather wild food' or 'people without any cattle'. Archeologists have estimated that hunter-gatherers have been around in Southern Africa for approximately 11 000 years. The hunter gatherers of Southern Africa are people known as the San and Khoi-Khoi. Imagine that! Living the exact same way as someone did during the time when fire was first discovered. This way of living is hundreds of thousands of years old. But there are! All over the world, in every country from Brazil to Australia, you will still find people living as hunter gatherers. You may be under the impression that there are no more hunter gatherers living today. In the mean time sit here a bit and tackle this tutorial on how to draw a desert scene step by step.Who are the hunter gatherers of Southern Africa? I have to go right now but I will be back in a jiffy. The coloring came out wicked good and because of the way I laid out the steps and drew the desert, this will be an easy tutorial to color using simple tools like colored pencils, crayons, or markers. I drew a few desert mountains, three cactus plants some clouds and a hot penetrating sun. I had a ton of fun drawing out this desert landscape and I wanted it to stay simple. Plants that live in the desert are things like the cactus, desert dandelions, and the poisonous dogbane which is a plant that looks like a regular soft leafed plant that buds small white flowers. ![]() As for a desert the only types of animals and insects you will find there are scorpions, snakes, lizards, camels, beetles, and many other different types of animals. For example learning how to draw a jungle is something that you can get really creative with because you can include a bunch of tropical animals that live in the jungle or tropical rain forest. There is so many landscapes that you can draw besides the desert that is cool and colorful. Whenever you attempt to draw landscapes you have the choice to draw a scenario that is customized to your liking. This next lesson is going to be a fun experience because you will learn how to draw a desert step by step.
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