Browsing Research Articles (Anthropology and Archaeology) by Subject "Mapungubwe Site (South Africa)"

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Conservation of the Mapungubwe gold collection

Tiley-Nel, Sian; Botha, Hazel (Routledge, 2013-03)

The basic objective of this article is to elucidate the conservation of the African Iron Age Mapungubwe gold collection from South Africa which is curated by the University of Pretoria. This nationally significant ...
Efficiency of neutron tomography in visualizing the internal structure of metal artefacts from Mapungubwe museum collection with the aim of conservation

Koleini, Farahnaz; De Beer, Frikkie; Schoeman, M.H. Alex; Pikirayi, Innocent; Chirikure, Shadreck; Nothnagel, Gawie; Radebe, Jacob Mabuti (Elsevier, 2012)

To aid conservation management of metal artefacts improved knowledge of the internal structure and degree of corrosion therein is highly desired. In this study, neutron- and X-ray tomography were chosen as two complementary ...
Evidence for indigenous strip-drawing in production of wire at Mapungubwe Hill (1220-1290 AD) : towards an interdisciplinary approach

Koleini, Farahnaz; Schoeman, M.H. Alex; Pikirayi, Innocent; Chirikure, Shadreck (Elsevier, 2012-03)

Several cupreous conical tubes with unclear function are among some of the finds in the collections held at the University of Pretoria which were unearthed by archaeologists on Mapungubwe Hill. Most of these are poorly ...

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