African Elephants, Roan Antelope, Language and Rock Art

Linguistic and ethological data regarding elephants are examined in relation to southern African rock art, with special reference to the behaviour of these large tusked animals which become especially dangerous and aggressive when wounded, as in the case also of roan (hippotragine) antelope which ha...

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Autor principal:	J. Francis Thackeray
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Lenguaje:	EN FR
Publicado:	OpenEdition 2019
Materias:	rock art rock engravings elephant antelope linguistic ethology Archaeology CC1-960 History of the arts NX440-632
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:07322eb5497f4c95bb4c3fa2624db12f2021-12-02T10:47:49ZAfrican Elephants, Roan Antelope, Language and Rock Art2431-204510.4000/aaa.2382https://doaj.org/article/07322eb5497f4c95bb4c3fa2624db12f2019-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/aaa/2382https://doaj.org/toc/2431-2045Linguistic and ethological data regarding elephants are examined in relation to southern African rock art, with special reference to the behaviour of these large tusked animals which become especially dangerous and aggressive when wounded, as in the case also of roan (hippotragine) antelope which have long curved horns. In this paper I attempt to demonstrate that the behaviour of wounded elephants and roan may have been the basis for the expression of at least some concepts identifiable in prehistoric art. Words can be regarded as “fossils” in the context of what may be called “linguistic palaeontology”.J. Francis ThackerayOpenEditionarticlerock artrock engravingselephantantelopelinguisticethologyArchaeologyCC1-960History of the artsNX440-632ENFRAfrique Archéologie Arts, Vol 15, Pp 17-22 (2019)
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description	Linguistic and ethological data regarding elephants are examined in relation to southern African rock art, with special reference to the behaviour of these large tusked animals which become especially dangerous and aggressive when wounded, as in the case also of roan (hippotragine) antelope which have long curved horns. In this paper I attempt to demonstrate that the behaviour of wounded elephants and roan may have been the basis for the expression of at least some concepts identifiable in prehistoric art. Words can be regarded as “fossils” in the context of what may be called “linguistic palaeontology”.
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African Elephants, Roan Antelope, Language and Rock Art

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