San peoples

E704057

hunter-gatherer society indigenous people

The San peoples are indigenous hunter-gatherer communities of Southern Africa, renowned for their ancient rock art, click-based languages, and deep ecological knowledge.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
San people	5

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	hunter-gatherer society ⓘ indigenous people ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Basarwa NERFINISHED ⓘ Bushmen NERFINISHED ⓘ Khoisan peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ Khwe NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalHeritageStatus	important to world rock art heritage ⓘ
ecologicalKnowledge	detailed knowledge of local fauna ⓘ detailed knowledge of local flora ⓘ water sources in arid environments ⓘ
facedIssue	forced sedentarization ⓘ land dispossession ⓘ loss of traditional hunting rights ⓘ marginalization ⓘ
geneticSignificance	deep human lineages ⓘ high genetic diversity ⓘ
hasArtForm	beadwork ⓘ body adornment ⓘ rock engravings ⓘ rock paintings ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice	rock engraving ⓘ rock painting ⓘ shamanism ⓘ storytelling traditions ⓘ trance dance ⓘ
hasNotableGroup	!Kung NERFINISHED ⓘ !Xóõ NERFINISHED ⓘ G/wi NERFINISHED ⓘ Juǀʼhoansi NERFINISHED ⓘ Khwe people NERFINISHED ⓘ Naro NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOrganizationAdvocatingFor	First People of the Kalahari NERFINISHED ⓘ Working Group of Indigenous Minorities in Southern Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
inhabits	Angola NERFINISHED ⓘ Botswana NERFINISHED ⓘ Namibia NERFINISHED ⓘ South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Zambia NERFINISHED ⓘ Zimbabwe NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	click-based languages ⓘ deep ecological knowledge ⓘ persistence hunting ⓘ rock art ⓘ tracking skills ⓘ
politicalIssue	indigenous rights in Botswana ⓘ indigenous rights in Namibia ⓘ indigenous rights in South Africa ⓘ
recognizedAs	one of the oldest continuous populations of modern humans ⓘ
religion	animism ⓘ shamanistic belief systems ⓘ
subclassOf	Khoisan peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalEconomy	foraging ⓘ gathering wild plants ⓘ hunting ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle	hunter-gatherer ⓘ
traditionalTerritory	Kalahari Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ semi-arid regions of Southern Africa ⓘ
usesLanguageFamily	Khoe-Kwadi languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Kxʼa languages ⓘ Tuu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gǀui language → ethnicGroup → San peoples ⓘ

Orange River region → ethnicGroupsInvolved → San peoples ⓘ

The Covenant → featuresEthnicGroup → San peoples ⓘ