News on excavations in South Africa seen from my viewpoint. Images and commentary will be added as they become available and lots of notes directly from my fieldnotes. So far this is the only one of its kind in South Africa. If someone finds another South African archaeology page with a high content, let me know.
© Okt 1998
mloots@medic.up.ac.za
Krugersdorp Date: 1996-11-18
Just started excavating an old unmarked graveyard in Krugersdorp near
Johannesburg aand about 60 km from Pretoria. Seven so far and going strong!
Afrikaans version of the Krugersdorp excavation.
Pilanesberg Nature Reserve Date: 1996-11-3
Over this weekend Francois Coetzee and myself excavated a skeleton that he found
while surveying in the Pilanesberg Nature Reserve - the prelimanary report. Busy
writing the final story - this one has a double twist at the end. Even better than gold!
Kruger National Park Date:1996-7-25
During the last week in July we excavated a grave where we found a golden
bracelet and a bracelet made from golden beads. In total some 291
golden beads were found. This is the story of Losha, who reached out
and touched us from 500 years in the past.
Kruger National Park Date:1996-7-7
During the second week in September, we excavated the second grave at Thulamela. This is that story as I experienced it on a daily basis, with extracts from my fieldnotes.