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Engraved art and acoustic resonance: exploring ritual and sound in north-western South Africa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Riaan F. Rifkin
Riaan F. Rifkin*
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*Rock Art Research Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Wits, 2050, South Africa (Email: rianrifkin@yahoo.com)
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Abstract

At a hill-top site in the Korrannaberg, where there is a water source and a sandy arena embraced by a rocky ridge, the author persuasively evokes a lively prehistoric ritual centre, with rock gongs, reverberating echoes, dancing and trance.

Keywords

South AfricaKorannaberg MountainsprehistorySan peopleshamanismrock artmusicrhythmtrancedance
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Research
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Antiquity , Volume 83 , Issue 321 , September 2009 , pp. 585 - 601
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 2009

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