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Bioarchaeological study of individuals from Koffiefontein Mine

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This project will generate valuable isotope data from a yet to be studied 19th-century population of the human remains of 100 mine workers. Limited bioarchaeological studies have been performed on contemporaneous populations found in other provinces, but not the Free State. Relatively novel techniques such as 88/86Sr-a palaeodietary indicator that is measured simultaneous as 87/86Sr- may provide interesting correlations with other isotope systems. Free State

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South Africa's economy was built on the backbone of marginalised peoples who after hundreds of years continue to support it. Reconstructing the lived experience of mine workers in South Africa-who made South Africa's industrialisation possible-can be inferred from insights into the heterogeneity of origins and diets. This and other isotopic information can help us to attempt to piece together what it would have been like to be a mine worker in the 19th century. What were living conditions like? Was the diet sufficient considering the labour expected from workers. What illnesses were individuals susceptible to? How far did individuals have to travel to arrive at the mines?

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Thursday, January 12, 2023 - 10:45

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20452

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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN BIOLOGY 25:445–456 (2013) The South African Archaeological Bulletin 25: 104-115 (1970) World Archaeology, 35:2, 306-318 (2003) Int J Paleopathol: 33:128-136 (2021)
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  1. PDF icon Okuhle_Koffiefontein SAHRA permit.pdf
 
 

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