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KLASIES RIVER AS A 120,000-YEAR-OLD ARCHIVE OF HUMAN BEHAVIOUR IN SOUTH AFRICA
Date: Tue, 08/10/2019 - 18:30
By: Sarah Wurz
Western Cape
 
Frequent visits by hunter-gatherer-fisher groups to the southern Cape coastal site, Klasies River main
site,  a favoured refuge especially during the Middle Stone Age, led to the build-up of 21 meters of shell
VISIT TO JAMES HALL MUSEUM OF TRANSPORT
Date: Sun, 22/09/2019 - 09:30
By: Outing led by James Smith
Northern

Date:       Sunday, 22 September

ORIGINS CENTRE: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
Date: Thu, 19/09/2019 - 19:30
By: Dr Tammy Hodgskiss and Professor Amanda Esterhuysen
Northern
SUNKEN CARGOES: EVIDENCE FROM SOUTH ARICAN SHIPWRECKS FOR FIVE HUNDRED YEARS OF INTERNATIONAL MARITIME TRADE
Date: Tue, 10/09/2019 - 18:30
By: John Gribble
Western Cape
South Africa’s coast has occupied a pivotal point in global trade for hundreds of years. As a result, our maritime and underwater cultural heritage is a cross section of numerous nations trading with the East and in the Indian and Atlantic Oceans.
ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM CLIMATE CHANGE: EPISODES IN THE HISTORY OF THE EARTH
Date: Sat, 24/08/2019 - 09:00
Northern
Date: Saturday, 24 August 2018
Place: Delta Park facility in Victory Park, Johannesburg

A flyer giving a more comprehensive outline of the symposium will be emailed to members in due course.
ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM - Climate change: episodes in the history of the earth
Date: Sat, 24/08/2019 - 09:00
By: Various speakers
Northern
THE WILDEBEEST: A SOUTH AFRICAN SYMBOL BUT A ROCK ART ENIGMA
Date: Tue, 13/08/2019 - 18:30
By: Joané Swart
Western Cape
The presence of wildebeest in the South African landscape is notable. In recent times, it has been symbolically represented on coats of arms, stamps and coins.
BUS TOUR TO THE STONE-WALLED RUINS OF THE SUIKERBOSRAND
Date: Sun, 21/07/2019 - 08:30
By: Outing with Prof Karim Sadr
Northern
Date: Sunday, 21 July 2019 Time: Meet at 08:30 for 09:00 Sharp
Meet at: The Planetarium parking area, Wits University, Yale Road (off Empire Road), Milner Park, Johannesburg
Aspects of life and ancestry of four women from the Iron Age of KwaZulu-Natal
Date: Thu, 18/07/2019 - 19:30
By: Dr Gavin Whitelaw
Northern
Date: Thursday, 18 July 2019 Time: 19:30
Venue: The auditorium, Roedean School, 35 Princess of Wales Terrace, Parktown, Johannesburg
Charge: Non-members: R30, members: free
BEHIND THE CASTLE : REMNANTS OF EARLY GARDEN ESTATES
Date: Tue, 09/07/2019 - 18:30
By: Jim Hislop
Western Cape
Many think of District Six as a bustling, densely populated city neighbourhood, but it wasn’t always so.