Browsing by UP Author "Nienaber, Willem C."

Browsing by UP Author "Nienaber, Willem C."

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  • Alleged mass graves and burial sites outside a formal cemetery at the Orange River concentration camp, South Africa 
    Nienaber, Willem C.; Steyn, Maryna; Boshoff, Willem Sterrenberg (South African Society of Cultural History, 2015-12)
    The South African or Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) Orange River Concentration Camp on the farm Doornbult, close to Hopetown in the Northern Cape Province, is one of the best preserved Camps from this War. The history of the ...
  • A bioarchaeological investigation into the human remains discovered in the chloorkop area 
    Meyer, Anja; Nienaber, Willem C.; Keough, Natalie; Creative Studios, Dept of Education Innovation, University of Pretoria (2009-12-09)
    In November 2008 human skeletal remains were discovered during construction works undertaken by Carlop Properties in the Chloorkop industrial area, Kempton Park, Gauteng. The University of Pretoria’s Forensic Anthropology ...
  • Calcite bead manufacture and use at Mapungubwe 
    Keough, Natalie; Nienaber, Willem C.; Linden, J.; University of Pretoria. Dept. of Anatomy; Natal Museum (Pietermaritzburg) (University of Pretoria, 2006-08-14)
    A poster on the un-worked and semi-worked pieces of calcite crystals collected at Mapungubwe during the 2003 (or Phase III) Mapungubwe Stabilization Project.
  • Clay figurines from K2 
    Steyn, Maryna; Nienaber, Willem C.; Hutten, Louisa; Loots, Marius; University of Pretoria. Dept. of Anatomy (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 ...
  • A controlled monitoring study of simulated clandestine graves using 3D ground penetrating radar 
    Van Schoor, M.; Nienaber, Willem C.; Marais-Werner, Anatulie (European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, 2017-06)
    A controlled three-dimensional ground penetrating radar monitoring study over simulated clandestine graves was conducted near Pretoria, South Africa, in which the detectability of graves as a function of post-burial interval ...
  • Decomposition patterns of buried remains at different intervals in the Central Highveld region of South Africa 
    Marais-Werner, Anatulie; Myburgh, Jolandie; Meyer, Anja; Nienaber, Willem C.; Steyn, Maryna (Sage, 2017-07)
    Burial of remains is an important factor when one attempts to establish the post-mortem interval as it reduces, and in extreme cases, excludes oviposition by Diptera species. This in turn leads to modification of the ...
  • Exhumation and repatriation of the remains of the Ebo 4, Kwanza Sul Province, Angola 
    Steyn, Maryna; Nienaber, Willem C.; Boshoff, Willem Sterrenberg (South African Archaeological Society, 2017)
    Between 23 and 25 November 1975, four South African soldiers died during military involvement (Operation Savannah) in Angola. The events took place near Ebo, in central Angola. At the time, it was impossible for the ...
  • The grave of King Mgolombane Sandile Ngqika : revisiting the legend 
    Nienaber, Willem C.; Steyn, Maryna; Hutten, Louisa (South African Archaeological Society, 2008)
    King Mgolombane Sandile Ngqika led the Gaiga ama Rharhabe Xhosa in the Seventh to Ninth Frontier Wars and died during the Ninth FrontierWar (1878) after being ambushed. Several legends surrounding the death of King Sandile ...
  • Is there light at the end of the tunnel? The rescue excavation of historical human remains from Silvertondale (Pretoria) 
    Nienaber, Willem C.; Steyn, Maryna; Keough, Natalie; Human, R.; Steyn, H.S.; Du Rand, A.; Creative Studios, Dept of Education Innovation, University of Pretoria (2008-09-29)
    Pipe-jacking operations at Silvertondale uncovered human remains at the end of a tunnel 38.8m long and approximately 2.42m below the surface. These were most probably in a grave that was covered by material during the ...
  • Repatriation of the Mapungubwe human remains : an overview of the process and procedure 
    Keough, Natalie; Nienaber, Willem C.; Steyn, Maryna; Creative Studios, Dept of Education Innovation, University of Pretoria (2008-09-29)
    Since the mid-1990’s several claims for the return of the Mapungubwe human remains were made by indigenous communities, while some archaeologists felt that a pro-active process for repatriation should be initiated. The ...