ABSTRACT
The notion that southern Africa was once an empty land (Marks 1980), a claim most strongly encouraged by agents and sympathizers of South Africa's regimes in order to justify white domination in southern Africa, has created a general problem in the presentation and interpretation of the past. Since there are only minimal cultural distinctions between the peoples of this region, such myths eventually spilled over into neighbouring countries, such as Botswana, ultimately affecting the theoretical interests and research strategies of archaeologists.
