Strandloper peoples
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The Strandlopers are a Khoikhoi-derived people who live by hunting and gathering food along the beaches of south-western Africa, originally from the Cape Colony to the Skeleton Coast.
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Beachcombing
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Beachcombing is an activity that consists of an individual "combing" the beach and the intertidal zone, looking for things of value, interest or utility. A beachcomber is a person who participates in
Strandloper peoples
…Afrikaans and Dutch for “beach walker”. The term has been extended by archaeologists to refer to coastal communities with subsistence economies based on beachcombing and a marine diet. The term was also borrowed during South Africa's apartheid era by some white South Africans, as a gesture of rejection of the…
Beachcombing in Suva, Fiji
Beachcombing at Belle Isle State Park in Virginia, United States