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VISIT TO SWARTKRANS SITE IN THE CRADLE OF HUMANKIND
Date: Sun, 23/06/2019 - 09:30
By: Outing with Prof Kathy Kuman and Dr Matt Caruana
Northern
Date: Sunday, 23 June 2019 Time: Meet at 09:30 Sharp

Meet at: the parking lot to Sterkfontein caves, Cradle of Humankind (directions will be supplied)
Charge: Members R50, Non-members R80
HOME ON THE RANGE: 45,000 YEARS OF HUNTERGATHERER HABITATION AT GRASSRIDGE ROCKSHELTER, EASTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA
Date: Tue, 11/06/2019 - 18:30
By: Benjamin Collins
Western Cape
Grassridge Rockshelter is located just under the Drakensberg Escarpment in the interior grasslands of the Eastern Cape and has been the home to hunter-gatherers for over 45,000 years.
CONTINUITY AND CHANGE IN THE FOODWAYS AT SCHRODA
Date: Thu, 06/06/2019 - 19:30
By: Dr Annie Antonites
Northern
Date: Thursday, 6 June 2019  Time: 19:30
Venue: The auditorium, Roedean School,
35 Princess of Wales Terrace, Parktown, Johannesburg
Charge: Members: free Non-members: R30
GUIDED TOUR OF BRAAMFONTEIN CEMETERY
Date: Sun, 19/05/2019 - 08:30
By: Outing led by SJ de Klerk and Sarah Welham
Northern
Date: Sunday, 19 May 2019 Time: 8:30
Venue: Braamfontein Cemetery (Safe parking is available inside the Cemetery, off Graf Street, adjacent to the
on-ramp onto the M1 from Smit Street.)
Charge: Members R80, Non members R120
HOMO NALEDI AND THE RISING STAR CAVE & AGM
Date: Thu, 16/05/2019 - 19:00
By: Dr Marina Elliott
Northern
Date: Thursday, 16 May 2019 AGM starts at 19:00
Venue: The auditorium, Roedean School,
35 Princess of Wales Terrace, Parktown
Charge: Non-members: R30, members: free

NTSHEKANE AND THE END OF THE EARLY IRON AGE
Date: Tue, 14/05/2019 - 18:30
By: Gavin Whitelaw
Western Cape
Ntshekane is an Early Iron Age site in central KwaZulu-Natal, first excavated by Tim Maggs in 1973. It was heavily eroded then and still is today, with many new features exposed. We returned to the site in 2009 and since then have mapped all exposed features and excavated some of them.
WHEN AND HOW CULTURALLY MODERN HUMANS WENT GLOBAL
Date: Tue, 09/04/2019 - 18:30
By: John Compton
Western Cape
Our species emerged in Africa around 200 thousand years ago but archaeological records suggest that culturally modern humans, those possessing toolkits on a par with modern hunter-gatherers, only emerged between 100 and 70 thousand years ago in southern Africa.
TIBET AND FAR WEST CHINA Report back on the 2018 ArchSoc tours
Date: Thu, 04/04/2019 - 19:30
By: Reinoud Boers
Northern
Date: Thursday, 4 April 2019 Time: 19:30
Venue: The auditorium, Roedean School,
35 Princess of Wales Terrace, Parktown
Charge: Non-members: R30, members: free

HARTBEESPOORT HERITAGE BUS TOUR: Joint outing with Magaliesberg Association for Culture and Heritage (MACH)
Date: Sun, 17/03/2019 - 08:30
Northern
Date: Sunday, 17 March 2019                               
Time: 08:30 for coffee at Meerhof Lodge and to meet MACH members, presentation starts at 09:00 sharp!
Of Mice, Men and Frogs
Date: Tue, 12/03/2019 - 18:30
By: Thalassa Matthews
Western Cape
Small mammals such as mice, shrews and rats are effective palaeoenvironmental indicators of past climates because they have small home ranges, do not migrate, and, in some cases, have specific habitat requirements.