As the exception on the continent, southern Africa has no Neolithic period. In the 1920s,
when the term came to mean Stone Age with food production, Neolithic was dropped in …

The Makgabeng Plateau in South Africa's Limpopo Province contains the largest body of
Bantu-language speakers' rock art in southern Africa. Preliminary studies have identified the …

Previously colonised, marginalised communities rarely participate in the mainstream
archival and records systems throughout the world. Archiving as it is known today is …

The Limpopo Province of South Africa has a rich archaeological heritage, not least of which
is the sub-continent's first town, Mapungubwe, built a thousand years ago (Huffman 2000 …

Using digital technologies in the process of collecting and documenting oral heritage allows
previously marginalised voices to feed into heritage and historical narratives for rock art …

Starting from the observation that having exceptional rock art sites is not enough on its own
to attract tourists, we use a case study in the Makgabeng to analyse the challenges many …

The relevant literature exposes a notable lag in the effective implementation of decolonised
approaches in South African heritage management. This article examines the degree to …

During initiation rituals various icons are employed as physical representations of important
symbols. They are often used in instruction regarding important issues of adulthood. This …

The act of naming places has a twofold process of significance, firstly, it acts a locator of a
particular geographical place and secondly reveals the ideology of the place that gives it its …

A call for a more systematic approach to site protection and management has long been
made for rock art conservation in South Africa. This study heeds the call as it aims to develop …