San

E353771

The San are an indigenous hunter-gatherer people of Southern Africa, known for their ancient rock art, click-based languages, and deep ecological knowledge of the Kalahari region.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
San canonical 8
The San 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
hunter-gatherer society ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
alternativeName Basarwa ⓘ
Bushmen ⓘ
Sho ⓘ
artForm body adornment ⓘ
rock engravings ⓘ
rock paintings ⓘ
country Angola ⓘ
Botswana ⓘ
Namibia ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
Zimbabwe ⓘ
facingIssue cultural assimilation pressures ⓘ
land dispossession ⓘ
loss of traditional lands ⓘ
marginalization ⓘ
geneticSignificance high genetic diversity ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice rock engraving ⓘ
rock painting ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
trance dance ⓘ
knowledgeDomain medicinal plants ⓘ
tracking of animals ⓘ
water sources in arid environments ⓘ
languageFamily Khoe-Kwadi languages ⓘ
Kxʼa languages ⓘ
Tuu languages ⓘ
legalRecognition indigenous people in Botswana ⓘ
indigenous people in Namibia ⓘ
notableFor Kalahari survival skills ⓘ
click consonant languages ⓘ
ecological knowledge ⓘ
hunter-gatherer lifestyle ⓘ
rock art ⓘ
tracking skills ⓘ
populationTrend declining ⓘ
recognizedAs one of the oldest continuous populations of modern humans ⓘ
region Kalahari Desert ⓘ
Southern Africa ⓘ
religion animism ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ
socialStructure egalitarian society ⓘ
small mobile bands ⓘ
traditionalHousing temporary shelters ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence foraging ⓘ
gathering wild plants ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Kalahari Basin ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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