Ethnographic and experimetal perspectives on the efficiacy of ochre as a mosquito repellent : research article / Riaan F. Rifkin
Material type: TextLanguage: English Series: The South African Archaeological Bulletin. No. 201 ; Vol.70Publication details: Vlaeberg : South African Archaeological Society, 2015Description: 12 pages : figures, tables; 30 cmISSN:- 0038-1969
- PER 90 The South African Archaeological Bulletin
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Evolutionary hypothesis generally agree that ochre played a role in the adaptive strategies of Homo sapiens, but they differ widely in the functions they assign to it. Red ochre features prominently in early indications of human artistic expression and technological ingenuity in Africa. Ochre could also have been used as an insect repellent during the Middle Stone Age and later Stone Age. Ethnographic interviews conducted among the Ovahimba of the Kunene region, indicate that, besides the intrinsic symbolic significance of red ochre, it fulfils several functional roles, including that of an insect repellent.
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