Learning on ScreenRock Art Treasures
- Synopsis
- Recent research claims that man originated in southern and central Africa, not the Middle East. This film records the early history of the strange and primitive people there - the nomadic Bushmen, whose legacy has been left in the form of rock art.
- Language
- English
- Country
- South Africa
- Medium
- Film; Film. 16mm. sd. col. 15 min.
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of production
- 1970
- Availability
- OUT OF DISTRIBUTION
- Documentation
- References: Patricia Vinnicombe, ‘Motivation in African rock art’, in ‘Antiquity’, Vol 46 (1972), p124-133. Brian M. Fagan, ‘Southern Africa during the Iron Age’, (Thames & Hudson, 1965). Brian M. Fagan and Francis L. van Noten, ‘Hunter-gatherers of Gwisho’(1971).
- Uses
- Art courses, and background material for any discussion of palaeolithic and rock art studies in general.*
- Subjects
- Archaeology; Art
- Keywords
- Africa; engravings - rock engravings; paintings - rock paintings; palaeontology
Distribution Formats
- Type
- Film
- Format
- 16mm
Sponsor
Distributor
- Name
Scottish Central Film & Video Library
- Notes
- See: Scottish Screen
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