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Archaeology without borders Print E-mail
Written by Bronwen van Doornum   

Shashe-Limpopo Basins Research Symposium, 26-30 Sept. 2007

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Hosted by the University of Pretoria’s Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, the Shashe-Limpopo research symposium brought together archaeologists (and some historians) from three different countries – South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe – to share their recent archaeological and historical research in the Shashe and Limpopo river basin areas.

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Archaeology Intern Print E-mail
Written by Gavin Whitelaw   

Since early this year Ms Audrey Mahlaela has been working in the Archaeology Department on the Sibudu collection. Sibudu is an archaeological site in a rock shelter about 10 km inland of Tongaat.

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Museum Archaeology Workshop Print E-mail
Written by Bronwen van Doornum   
In early June, Marlize Lombard and Bronwen van Doornum attended the first workshop of the newly-formed Museum Archaeology Working Group (MAWG), held in Bloemfontein.
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Communities learn to how conserve rock art Print E-mail
Written by Jeremy Hollmann   
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The Natal Museum is part of a co-ordinated effort to educate people in the Amangwane and Amazizi mountain areas of the northern Ukhahlamba Drakensberg about the significance of rock art and how and why it should be conserved.

Over the past 8 months the Museum's Archaeology and Anthropology department has participated in several cultural and rock art appreciation workshops for school teachers which form part of a rock art appreciation programme aimed at increasing community awareness of rock art. The Museum is also taking part in the activities of the Mnweni Rock Art Monitoring Group. This includes visits to vulnerable rock art sites and the documentation of these sites.
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