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BRMO Stone Age site

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The application is for the mitigation of a Stone Age site along the Gamagara River close to Black Rock. The site is being exposed to sand from an area that was rehabilitated and may cover it in due course.. Thus mitigation, consisting of collecting surface tools (it is an open-air site) should be done. This is in the Northern Cape.

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Please see heritage assessment report attached

ApplicationDate: 

Thursday, January 23, 2020 - 15:09

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14749

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Citation
AC van Vollenhoven, 2019, A REPORT ON THE ASSESSMENT OF STONE AGE SITES AT THE BLACK ROCK MINING OPERATIONS, NORTHERN CAPE PROVINCE (Unpublished report, Groenkloof, Archaetnos).
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General view of site
Stone tools from the site
 
 

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