The archaeologically oriented project “Late Pleistocene hunter-gatherers in southern Namibia” investigates the lifeworlds of prey communities during the so-called Later Stone Age. This cultural-historical period covers the time of the extremely dry Last Glacial Maximum (approx. 24,000-17,000 years ago) up to the present day.
The bearers of this culture are generally seen as the direct ancestors of the San people, who were documented ethnographically in the 20th century in particular. In the course of decades of excavation and recording work – during which, among other things, the oldest art in Africa was discovered – the archaeologist Wolfgang Wendt compiled an extensive but endangered collection on Namibia’s prehistory, which is being researched and made accessible to the public as part of this project.
Final report for download here“.
