The initiations are largely designed to instruct initiates … - Lyn Wadley

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The initiations are largely designed to instruct initiates about behavior appropriate for men and women of reproductive age belonging to a specific community

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Lyn Wadley is an honorary professor of archaeology, and also affiliated jointly with the Archaeology Department and the Institute for Evolution at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Gender roles can be identified in some archaeological sites in parts of Africa, and these roles sometimes appear to have altered through time.

Some aspects of initiation rites may be detected archaeologically through skeletal alterations, rock art motifs, and props such as scarified dolls.

We have incredible archaeological sites in this country and we frequently recover new and exciting data.

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