The presentation explores some of the geomorphic processes that have shaped the high Drakensberg landscape over the last ca 20 000 years. Many landforms, not generally known to the public, will be presented and briefly explained. Among these are glacial, periglacial and lightning strike activity. The environmental implications of such processes are considered for both the present and future.
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Date: Thu, 21/07/2016 - 20:00
By: Professor Stefan Grab
Northern
Date: Sun, 17/07/2016 - 09:45
By: Excursion led by Dr Morris Sutton
Northern
Swartkrans is an extremely important paleoanthropological site which was first brought to prominence by the work of Robert Broom and John Robinson, who discovered fossils of Paranthropus robustus and early Homo. These discoveries established the first evidence for the co-existence of two hominin species.
Date: Tue, 12/07/2016 - 18:00
By: Jake Harding
Western Cape
Earlier this year I was fortunate enough to assist in fieldwork with the US National Park Service's Submerged Research Center (SRC) and Southeast Archaeological Center (SEAC). This was as part of the knowledge and skills sharing partnership that is at the core of the Slave Wrecks Project (SWP).
Date: Sat, 25/06/2016 - 10:30 to Sun, 26/06/2016 - 00:00
By: Outing with Anna Batchelor-Steyn
Northern
Telperion and Ezemvelo nature reserves boast a number of archaeological features. A highlight of this weekend will be Telperion Shelter.
Date: Tue, 14/06/2016 - 17:30
By: Matthew Shaw
Western Cape
By viewing the Tankwa Karoo as a continuous landscape rather than an incomplete set of discrete sites, we aim to understand past human technological and lithic provisioning behaviour at a landscape-scale.
Date: Thu, 02/06/2016 - 20:00
By: Faye Lander
Northern
A model is suggested showing how some foragers may have become stock-keepers in the past.
Date: Sun, 29/05/2016 - 09:00
By: Francois Coetzee and Graham Reeks
Northern
We will compare the varied characteristics of a pre-stonewall settlement (Early Moloko: Icon) and a post-stonewall (Late Moloko) settlement.
Date: Thu, 19/05/2016 - 19:30
By: Associate Professor Simon Hall
Northern
The landscape of the interior plateau (or Karoo) has meant different things to different people, both now and in the past. Two themes related to this historical layering will be discussed.
Date: Tue, 10/05/2016 - 18:00
The Annual General Meeting will take place on Tuesday 10 May 2016 at 18:00 at the SA Astronomical Observatory auditorium in Cape Town.
Date: Tue, 10/05/2016 - 17:30
By: Prof. Innocent Pikirayi
Western Cape
My address focuses on the Society's role in the present and the medium term future. My central message is for the society to celebrate what is right with southern African archaeology, and not what is wrong.