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The economics of trade on the Eastern Cape Frontier, 1820-1860: a study of the glass and metal artefact assemblages from Huntley Street, Farmerfield and Fort Double Drift

Palk, Debbie (2018-01)

The collections-based research reported upon in this dissertation focuses on three sites in the Eastern Cape: Huntley Street in Grahamstown, Farmerfield, a nearby Wesleyan mission station, and Fort Double Drift, a British ...
A comparative morphological and morphometric study of the cranial and post-cranial osteology of South African hares - Cape hare (Lepus capensis) and Scrub hare (Lepus saxatilis) and its application in archaeozoology

Scott, Karin (2018-01)

This archaeozoological study was undertaken to distinguish between the two hare species of South Africa, Lepus capensis (Cape hare) and Lepus saxatilis (scrub hare), from fragmentary archaeological faunal remains. It was ...
Lived experiences of rastafari women in Tshwane, South Africa: an anthropological perspective

Mosala, Tsholofelo (2017-11)

Rastafari (this term is preferred to Rastafarianism) is known as a movement which originated in Jamaica and has since spread throughout the world. The movement has attracted much attention from the public and media worldwide ...
A historical archaeological inverstigation into two recent households of the Motse, Botshabelo Mission Station, Middelburg, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Booth, Caroline Rosine Claude Christiane Chislaine (2017-01)

The archaeological research was conducted at Botshabelo, a nineteenth century Berlin Mission Society station located outside Middelburg, Mpumalanga. It focuses primarily on the collection of residential houses and homesteads ...
The wife of Manoah, the mother of Samson

Le Roux, Magdel (2016)

The last account of the judges is that of Samson (Judges 13–16). This account has all the elements of a blockbuster. All the indications are that Samson would be an extraordinary person. And yet, even though Samson may be ...
Kohenim travelling south. The Queen of Sheba in Ethiopian and Lemba tradition

Le Roux, Magdel (SASNES (Southern African Society for Near Eastern Studies), 2004)

Similar to oral traditions, written histories may exist in more than one version. The biblical story of the Queen of Sheba's visit to King Solomon has undergone an extensive elaboration in different literary traditions. ...
African light on the New Moon ceremony

Le Roux, Magdel (Old Testament Society of South Africa (OTSSA), 2005)

The endeavour to juxtapose the manners and customs of these two communities (African and early Israel), illuminates the understanding of the practices and rituals of both sides, and it stimulates new questions to be asked ...
Ancient Near Eastern influence in sub-Saharan Africa

Le Roux, Magdel (Institute for Afro-Hellenic studies, 2008)

Recent research shows that the cultural remnants of a more distant past were more faithfully preserved in sub-Saharan Africa than in the societies further north. Striking parallels between extant African cultures and written ...
Agsa, vrou van Otniël

Le Roux, Magdel (SASNES (Southern African Society for Near Eastern Studies), 2015)

Die literêre uitbeelding van die verhale in die boek Rigters weerspieël 'n korporatiewe eenheid van stamme of sibbes waarin individue ook 'n prominente rol speel. Binne die stammeorganisasie kan verwag word dat dié individue ...
Y Chromosomes Traveling South: The Cohen Modal Haplotype and the Origins of the Lemba—the “Black Jews of Southern Africa”

Le Roux, Magdel Mark, Thomas Parfitt, T. Skorecki, K. Bradman, N. Goldstein, D.B. (Elsevier, 2000)

The Lemba are a traditionally endogamous group speaking a variety of Bantu languages who live in a number of locations in southern Africa. They claim descent from Jews who came to Africa from “Sena.” “Sena” is variously ...
An archaeological study of the Solglimt shipwreck survivor camp on sub-Antarctic Marion Island

Van Niekerk, Tara Rae (2016-10)

In a tale of survival, dubbed that of the “South Seas Crusoes”, a group of men overcame the odds by setting up camp on a deserted volcanic sub-Antarctic island in the middle of the Southern Indian Ocean. This group of men ...
Unravelling the glass trade bead sequence from Magoro Hill, South Africa: separating pre-seventeenth-century Asian imports from later European counterparts

Koleini, Farahnaz Prinsloo, Linda C Biemond, Wim Colomban, Philippe Ngo, Anh-Tu Boeyens, Jan van der Ryst, Maria M van Brakel, Koos (2016-12-22)

Abstract Excavations conducted between 2010 and 2012 at Magoro Hill, a site in South Africa’s Limpopo Province frequented or intermittently occupied by African farming communities since the first millennium ...
Intervention and resistance: the Batau of Mphanama, Limpopo province and external governance

Shai, Namanetona Joel (2016-02)

The Batau of Kgaphola are of Swazi origin and migrated to Sekhukhuneland Limpopo Province in South Africa. The community has been involved in chieftainship disputes which date back to 1954 after the death of Chief Lobang ...
Grave rites and grave rights: anthropological study of the removal of farm graves in northern peri-urban Johannesburg

Hill, Cherry Ann (2016-02)

In a diachronic and multi-sited study that extended from 2004 through 2012/2013 I deconstructed the sociocultural dynamics of relocating farm graves from the farm Zevenfontein in northern peri-urban Johannesburg. The ...
u bvulwa maanda ha vhuimo ha vhuhosi na nzulele ya musanda:

Raphalalani, Matodzi Rebecca (2015)

The main aim of the study was to investigate how the Vhavenḓa royal kingdom’s communicative functions and positions of royalty and settlement pattern were disempowered by the British colonists, the apartheid government, ...
An exploratory study of forced displacement and some cultural consequences among the Yukpa of Maracaibo, Venezuela

González, Luis J. (2015-09)

The original Yukpa are an indigenous community who have inhabited the lands of the Sierra de Perij a (mountain range of Perij a) in Venezuela since prehistoric times. The sovereignty of the Yukpa on their ancestral ...
An anthropological study of healing practices in African Initiated Churches with specific reference to a Zionist Christian Church in Marabastad

Wouters, Jacqueline Martha Francisca (2014-09)

This study encompasses an anthropological investigation of healing practices in the Zion Christian Church with reference to the Marabastad congregation in Pretoria (Tshwane), South Africa. The Zion Christian Church functions ...
KwaGandaganda : an archaeozoological case study of the exploitation of animal resources during the early Iron Age in KwaZulu-Natal

Beukes, Catharina F. (2000-11)

KwaGandaganda is an Early Iron Age (EIA) site in the .Mngeni valley (KwaZulu-Nata~ South Africa). Three cultural phases, Msuluzi, Ndondondwane and Ntshekane, dating between AD 620- AD 1030 were identified. The objective ...
Natural resource management and local knowledge in transition : an anthropological perspective from the Laka of Mapela

Eckert, Britta (2000-12)

This study sets out to analyse the relevance of cultural values and perceptions, which form the basis of the "local knowledge" of grassroots people, in the natural resource management of the Laka of Mapela who live in ...
Intimidation as a factor in the liberation struggle in South Africa with special reference to Bela Bela (Warmbaths) : an anthropological perspective

Van Niekerk, Letitia (1999-07)

INTIMIDATION AS A FACTOR IN THE LIBERATION STRUGGLE OF SOUTH AFRICA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO BELA BELA (WARMBATHS): AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE The cultural revitalisation or adjustment model of Anthony Wallace ...

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