Also Known As:
Khoisan, Hottentots (no longer used)
Alternate Spellings:
Khoe Khoe
Related Resources:
African Archaeology Frontier Studies
Definition:
Native peoples of South Africa, the Khoi Khoi are pastoralists and hunter gatherers who were living near the Cape of Good Hope when the Dutch colonists arrived in the 17th century. Related to, but not the same as, the San peoples of southern Africa.
Related Terms
• Hunter-gatherers
Archaeological sites and studies from the continent of Africa.
Investigations of the contact-point between explorers and explored, in time and in material culture.
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Khoi Khoi
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