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THE VISIBILITY AND INVISIBILITY OF HERDERS' KRAALS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, WITH REFERENCE TO A POSSIBLE EARLY CONTACT PERIOD KHOEKHOE KRAAL AT KFS 5, WESTERN CAPE

Fauvelle-Aymar, F-X; Sadr, K; Bon, F; Gronenborn, D (Africa Magna Verlag, Frankfurt M., 2006)

The Europeans who landed on the shores of the South African Cape from the late 15th century onwards encountered local herders whom they later referred to as the Hottentots (now known as the Khoekhoe). There are written ...
An Acheulean handaxe from Gladysvale Cave site, Gauteng, South Africa.

Hall, G.; Pickering, R.; Lacruz, R.; Hancox, J.; Berger, L.R.; Schmid, P. (Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), 2006-03)

WE DESCRIBE A SINGLE HANDAXE FROM fossiliferous breccias at Gladysvale Cave, South Africa. The artefact is the only known tool so far discovered during the controlled excavations conducted at this site over the last decade, ...
A Phosphate Analysis of Stone-Walled Structures in the Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve

Ensor-Smith, Jesse (2013-04-03)

With the purpose of confirming the “kraal index” created by Sadr and Rodier (2012), a group of stone-walled structures in the Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve were selected for study. Confirming this involved testing for ...
Frequency distributions of stone artefacts from Holkrans, North West Province, South Africa

Banhegyi, Stephen (2013-04-18)

Excavations at Holkrans rock shelter, located in the Vredefort Dome, Southern Africa, revealed archaeological deposits dating back some 2000 years, to both the ceramic and pre-ceramic Later Stone Age. The ceramic phase, ...
A study of inter-analyst variability in the classification of stone-walled structures in southern Gauteng, South Africa

MacRoberts, Rebecca (2013-04-18)

The study of stone-walled structures within the last 1000 years in southern Africa can help archaeologists to understand how the landscape was peopled. Google Earth and GIS can make data capture easier, but when diferent ...
Investigation of Inter-analyst Variability in Stone-walled Structure Classification

Hunt, Tamsin (2013-07-01)

For many years stone-walled structures have been classified into different groups using aerial photography. The development of technology such as Google Earth and Geographic Information Systems has resulted in an increase ...
A technological analysis of cryptocrystalline silicate bladelets from Holkrans Rock Shelter in the Vredefort Dome, North West Province, South Africa.

Witelson, David (2015-03-24)

Breaking from traditional typological classification, this project utilizes the principle of chaîne opératoire to conduct a technological analysis of a sample of cryptocrystalline silicate (CCS) cores, bipolar debitage ...
Exploring the Stone-Walled Structures of the Suikerbosrand: a Study on Location, Visibility and Political Rankings

O'Malley, Caitlin (2015-03-24)

The Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve has a number of Iron Age stone-walled structures situated in the landscape. The most recent stone-walled structures – the Group II stone-walled structures – date between the 17th and 19th ...
Evidence for climate-induced range shift in Brachystegia (miombo) woodland.

Pienaar, B.; Thompson, D.I.; Erasmus, B.F.N.; Hill, T.R.; Witkowski, E.T.F. (Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), 2015-07)

Brachystegia spiciformis Benth. is the dominant component of miombo, the sub-tropical woodlands which cover 2.7 million km2 of south-central Africa and which is coincident with the largest regional centre of endemism in ...
Projections of rapidly rising surface temperatures over Africa under low mitigation.

Engelbrecht, F.; Adegoke, J.; Bopape, M.-J.; Naidoo, M.; Garland, R.; Thatcher, M.; McGregor, J.; Katzfey, J.; Werner, M.; Ichoku, C.; Gatebe, C. (Institute of Physics Publishing, 2015-08)

An analysis of observed trends in African annual-average near-surface temperatures over the last five decades reveals drastic increases, particularly over parts of the subtropics and central tropical Africa. Over these ...
Medical tourism by Indian-South Africans to India: An exploratory investigation

Dangor, F.; Hoogendoorn, G.; Moolla, R. (Nicolaus Copernicus University Press, 2015-09)

Medical tourism is a well-established sector in developing countries, and attracts a significant number of tourists from developed countries. Medical tourism is a strong driver of economic growth, but some argue that this ...
Traditional glue, adhesive and poison used for composite weapons by ju/'hoan san in nyae nyae, Namibia. implications for the evolution of hunting equipment in prehistory.

Wadley, L.; Trower, G.; Backwell, L.; D'Errico, F. (Public Library of Science, 2015-10)

Ju/'hoan hunters from Nyae Nyae, near Tsumkwe in Namibia, demonstrate the manufacture of three fixative pastes made from plant extracts, and poison made from grubs and plant extracts. Ammocharis coranica and Terminalia ...
Resilience of small-scale societies: a view from drylands.

Gomez-Baggethun, E.; Salpeteur, M.; Puy, A.; Biagetti, S.; Scheffran, J.; Balbo, A.L. (Resilience Alliance, 2016)

To gain insights on long-term social-ecological resilience, we examined adaptive responses of small-scale societies to dryland-related hazards in different regions and chronological periods, spanning from the mid-Holocene ...
A matter of ephemerality: The study of Kel Tadrart Tuareg (southwest Libya) campsites via quantitative spatial analysis.

Biagetti, S.; Alcaina-Mateos, J.; Crema, E.R. (Resilience Alliance, 2016)

We examined the settlement structure from the Kel Tadrart Tuareg, a small pastoral society from southwest Libya. Our objective was to apply spatial analysis to establish the statistical significance of specific patterns ...
Changing boundaries: Overcoming modifiable areal unit problems related to unemployment data in South Africa.

Weir-Smith, G (Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), 2016-03)

The longitudinal comparison of census data in spatial format is often problematic because of changes in administrative boundaries. Such shifting boundaries are referred to as the modifiable areal unit problem (MAUP). This ...
Disjunct perceptions? Climate change threats in two-low lying South African coastal towns.

Hoogendoorn, G.; Grant, B.; Fitchett, J.M. (Nicolaus Copernicus University Press, 2016-03)

Coastal towns rely heavily on the quality and expanse of their beaches to attract tourists. Climate is an important tourism determinant, controlling the length and timing of peak arrivals. South African tourism is particularly ...
Climate change threats to two low-lying South African coastal towns: Risks and perceptions.

Fitchett, J.M.; Grant, B.; Hoogendoom, G. (Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), 2016-05)

Climate change poses a considerable threat to low-lying coastal towns. Possible risks include flooding induced by sea-level rise, increased discomfort from changes in temperature and precipitation, more frequent extreme ...
Development of census output areas with AZTool in South Africa.

Mokhele, T.; Mutanga, O.; Ahmed, F. (Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), 2016-07)

The use of a single geographical unit to both collect and disseminate census data is common in many countries across the world, especially in developing countries. In South Africa this approach poses some challenges, as ...
A multi-disciplinary review of late Quaternary palaeoclimates and environments for Lesotho

Fitchett, J.M.; Grab, S.W; Bamford, M.K.; Mackay, A.W. (2016-07)

Lesotho provides a unique context for palaeoclimatic research. The small country is entirely landlocked by South Africa, yet has considerable variation in topography, climate, and associated vegetation over an approximate ...
Opposite polarities of ENSO drive distinct patterns of coral bleaching potentials in the southeast Indian Ocean

Zhang, N.; Feng, M.; Hendon, H.H.; Hobday, A.J.; Zinke, J. (Nature Publishing Group, 2017)

Episodic anomalously warm sea surface temperature (SST) extremes, or marine heatwaves (MHWs), amplify ocean warming effects and may lead to severe impacts on marine ecosystems. MHW-induced coral bleaching events have been ...

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