The industrial archaeology of the NZASM in South Africa and some of its unique artefactual residue

Abstract

Industrial archaeology”, according to the Nizhny Tagil Charter for Industrial Heritage (2003) of the International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage (TICCIH), the world organisation representing industrial heritage and special adviser to ICOMOS on industrial heritage, is “an interdisciplinary method of studying all the evidence, material and immaterial, of documents, artefacts, stratigraphy and structures, human settlements and natural and urban landscapes, created for or by industrial processes” is charter provides guidance on the definition, the values, identification and legal protection of industrial archaeology.