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Mapungubwe Repository

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Mapungubwe Repository

 

UPSpace serves as a digital research repository for the Mapungubwe Museum, its collections and archive. This on-line electronic resource is made available for the use of researchers, the general public, educators, learners and anyone interested in obtaining information about Mapungubwe. The digital collection is divided into an artefact (object), document, national and photograph collection.

Contact Details: Mapungubwe Museum & Archive, The Curator, Mapungubwe Museum Tel: +27 12 420 3146 Fax: + 27 12 420 4918

Physical Address: University of Pretoria, Mapungubwe Museum, Old Arts Building 2nd Floor, Lynnwood Road, Pretoria 0002, South Africa

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Recent Submissions

  • The Mapungubwe gold graves revisited
    Steyn, Maryna (South African Archaeological Society, 2007)
    The Mapungubwe graves were discovered and excavated in the 1930s. Owing to a number of factors, very little information on these graves is available today. In this paper we present and discuss information found in the ...
  • The Kouga mummified human remains
    Steyn, Maryna; Binneman, Johan; Loots, Marius (South African Archaeological Society, 2007)
    This paper reports and discusses the morphological analysis of the mummified human remains found during 1999 in a rock shelter in the Kouga Mountains near Joubertina, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. The upper part of ...
  • In memorium. Professor Hannes Eloff 1918-2007
    Meyer, Andrie (South African Archaeological Bulletin, 2007-12)
    In Memorium of Professor Hannes Eloff,1918-2007 Founder of Archaeology at the University of Pretoria, an obituary written by Professor Andrie Meyer a former Head of the Department of Archaeology and student.`These stone ...
  • A Raman spectroscopic study of the Mapungubwe oblates: glass trade beads excavated at an Iron Age archaeological site in South Africa
    Prinsloo, Linda C.; Colomban, Philippe (Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 2007-10-09)
    Oblate seed beads excavated on Mapungubwe hill, an Iron Age site in South Africa, were analyzed using raman microscopy and supportive techniques to determine the glass technology and pigments used to produce the beads. ...
  • Clay figurines from K2
    Hutten, Louisa; Steyn, Maryna; Nienaber, Willem C.; Loots, Marius (University of Pretoria, 2006-11-23)
    K2 is an Iron Age site approximately 1 km from Mapungubwe in South Africa. Archaeological excavations were conducted here between 1995 and 1999, intending to differentiate between stock enclosure, midden and living area ...