The Kurukop echo amplifies a mythological story from the Nama Karoo region.
- Research Associate, University of the Witwatersrand
To the ǀXam and San people, being in the world as a person includes “the sky’s things” - an understanding of and deep connection with the cosmos.
Sometimes archaeologists can “hear” the ancient past using acoustic methods.
Until now the search for early evidence of alcohol has fixated on residue analysis.
Wild bees provide many lessons. Watching and learning from them may help keep honeybees safe and thriving.
Working with bone artefacts from archaeological sites in South Africa’s southern Cape region, we’ve been able to show that some implements might have been used for sound production in the past.
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