A Phosphate Analysis of Stone-Walled Structures in the Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve

dc.contributor.author	Ensor-Smith, Jesse
dc.date.accessioned	2013-04-03T14:04:15Z
dc.date.available	2013-04-03T14:04:15Z
dc.date.issued	2013-04-03
dc.description	Research Report submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the Degree of BSc Honours in Archaeology	en_ZA
dc.description.abstract	With the purpose of confirming the “kraal index” created by Sadr and Rodier (2012), a group of stone-walled structures in the Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve were selected for study. Confirming this involved testing for livestock presence in the inner enclosures of Group III stone-walled complexes. Phosphate testing of the inner enclosures revealed the absence of evidence showing the presence of livestock occupation. This may be because of the phosphate testing method used. It may also be because of different culture factors involving the recycling of dung as fuel and kraal maintenance. The probability of each hypothesis is weighed up against the supporting data captured by the phosphate analyses.	en_ZA
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10539/12620
dc.language.iso	en	en_ZA
dc.subject	archaeology, soil phosphate analysis, pre-colonial stone walled structures, Iron Age, South Africa	en_ZA
dc.title	A Phosphate Analysis of Stone-Walled Structures in the Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve	en_ZA
dc.type	Thesis	en_ZA

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