The Archaic Mode of Production:
Southern Africa

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[ San rainmakers or shamans capture 
	an animal, KwaZulu-Natal ]

1. Rainmakers or shamans capture an animal painted in red ochre. Probably a rain ceremony. In San mythology, large herbivores are associated with rain. Drakensberg Mountains, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

[ Rock painting from southern Africa 
	of a hunter with bow and arrow ]

2. Rock painting from southern Africa of a hunter with bow and arrow and his prey.

[ San rock painting from KwaZulu-Natal. 		Dancing women]

3. San rock painting from KwaZulu-Natal. Dancing women, some wearing traditional leather  aprons  and ostrich egg-shell knee bracelets. South Africa.

[ San rock painting of a band of 
	hunters. KwaZulu-Natal]

4. San rock painting of a band of hunters. KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

[ San rock painting from 
	KwaZulu-Natal]

5. San rock painting from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Figures wearing leather cloaks (karosses) have concave faces.

[ Rock painting from KwaZulu-Natal. 
	Antelope-human (therianthrope)]

6. Rock painting from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Antelope-human (therianthrope). In San mythology, after creation, the animal species differentiated themselves from humans. This figure may be carrying a smaller antelope on its back.

[ Rock painting from 
	KwaZulu-Natal.]

7. Rock painting from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Two superimposed rheboks, the second with its head down.

[ Rock painting from Zimbabwe, 
	southern Africa]

8. Rock painting from Zimbabwe, southern Africa. Giraffe. Humans and large herbivores possess an essential n!ow, which is a vital quality that can be good (good weather, birth) or bad (bad weather, death).

[ San rock engraving on a boulder 
	from northern Cape Province, South Africa]

9. San rock engraving on a boulder from northern Cape Province, South Africa. Antelopes. The European couple toward upper left was added later.

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