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Some finds of interest under the reclaimed seabed of the Silo Precinct, Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town
Date: Tue, 09/02/2016 - 18:00
By: Tim Hart & Jaco Boshoff
Western Cape
In 1999 the Chavonnes Battery was identified under fills near the Clock Tower area which resulted in a large excavation and subsequent preservation of the site in perpetuity under the BOE building where it is now a museum.
Homo naledi : The Facts
Date: Thu, 04/02/2016 - 20:00
By: Dr Bernhard Zipfel
Northern
The presentation will outline the discovery of a new species of hominin, Homo naledi, consisting of more than 1,500 fossil elements.
Modderfontein’s Heritage Precinct walking tour and picnic with Robbie Vermont
Date: Sun, 22/11/2015 - 10:00
By: Anita Arnott
Northern

Booking with advance payment essential: Phone Anita Arnott on 011 795 4056
 
Further excavations at Klasies River shelters on the Southern Cape Coast
Date: Tue, 10/11/2015 - 18:00
By: Sarah Wurz
Western Cape
In this talk the progress made will be discussed in the context of a number of ongoing projects.
Feathered dragons from China and the evolution of birds
Date: Thu, 05/11/2015 - 20:00
By: Dr Jonah Choiniere
Northern
This talk looks at how the evolution of feathers from meat-eating dinosuars led to birds as we know them today.
Prehistoric cuisine revealed through the study of ancient lipids
Date: Tue, 13/10/2015 - 18:00
By: Cynthianne Debono Spiteriis
Western Cape
Organic residue analysis (ORA) is a well established analytical technique and has been routinely applied to determine the content and function of archaeological ceramics.
The evolution of music-making
Date: Thu, 01/10/2015 - 20:00
By: Dr Sarah Wurz
Northern

Humans groups, from all places and known times, gather together for music-making – dancing and singing. Music-making is not only at the core of human sociality but is also used in a number of medical fields, a true human universal.
‘The wildebeest: a South African symbol, but a rock art enigma’ Lecture
Date: Tue, 08/09/2015 - 18:30
By: Joane̒ Swart
KwaZulu-Natal
Hunting technologies during the Middle and Late Pleistocene in Africa: Implications for Modern Human Origins
Date: Tue, 08/09/2015 - 18:00
By: Jane Wilkins
Western Cape
Lecture about new evidence for hunting technologies in the African Middle Stone Age
Corbelled buildings of the Great Karoo: the variety of their form and how they were used
Date: Tue, 11/08/2015 - 18:00
By: Pat Kramer
Western Cape
Corbelled buildings were built during the 19th century over a period of about 50 years in a defined area of the Karoo. Pat Kramer and a small group of colleagues have criss-crossed the Karoo over the past eight years and have located close to two hundred of these structures.