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no-direct-precolonial-evidence · gorelik-2017-rooibos-ethnographic-perspective
- Claim ID
- no-direct-precolonial-evidence
- Assertion
- Gorelik found no direct evidence that pastoralists or hunter-gatherers used the rooibos plant in precolonial times, though archaeological evidence suggests the plant may have been used tens of thousands of years ago in an unclear context; if infusions were made, their purpose is unknown and drinking them for pleasure as tea was unlikely.
- Quote
No direct evidence of utilisation of the rooibos plant by pastoralists or hunter-gatherers in precolonial times is known to exist.
- Quote language
- en
- Locator
- section: 3.1.7 Conclusion
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