Ancient pots hold clues about how diverse diets helped herders thrive in southern Africa

By Courtneay Hopper, Postdoctoral researcher and Lecturer in Anthropology, University of British Columbia

The introduction of herding – a way of life which centres on keeping herds of mobile domesticated animals – significantly changed Africa’s genetic, economic, social and cultural landscapes during the last 10,000 years. Unlike other parts of the world, mobile herding spread throughout the continent thousands of years before farming and did not replace foraging in many places. This gave rise to complex mosaics of foragers and food producers across sub-Saharan Africa.
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