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Capturing the Spoor describes and discusses the virtually unknown rock art of northernmost South Africa, the Central Limpopo Basin. The title comes from the belief held by some traditional Bantuspeakers that the San can capture' animal spoor and bewitch it in order to ensure hunting success used as an analogy by the authors for understanding the behaviour of people in the past through the traces they leave behind. Infused with the passion of the authors for their subject, this is the first book of its kind to discuss the rock art of cultural groups other than the San.