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cultural mixing and influencing, the Khoikhoi, because of their large
numbers and their stronger organised social structure, as well as their
material possession, influenced the San more that it was the case vice
versa. This is in accordance with the theoretical notion that identities of
dominant social actors usually prevail over those of less dominant social
actors, in which new identities are usually imposed 167 . The values of society
then become the values that the dominant actors decide.
The Khoikhoi introduced fat-tailed sheep and later introduced the art of
pottery-making and brought cattle and domesticated dogs generally in
South Africa 168 , and later in the Makgabeng area. These new innovations
were to have a profound effect on the ways of life of the San who then
learned the art of keeping domestic stock, in which the introduction of dogs
added their arsenal for hunting purposes. However, contact between the
San and the Khoikhoi was not always peaceful. As much as there was co-
operation is some instances, there was also conflict. Apparently, the San
initially resisted penetration of the cattle farmers into their hunting grounds.
The San drove away the intruders and took as loot or killed some of their
cattle 169 . The San also had a tendency of stealing cattle from the Khoikhoi.
167 J. Muller et al, Challenges of Globalisation, p. 116.
168 E. B. Eastwood, et al, “Archaeological and Rock Art Survey of the Makgabeng Plateau,
Central Limpopo Basin, The Digging Stick, 19: 1, 2002, p. 12.
169 Ibid, p. 12.
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