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Umhlatuzana Rock Shelter 2930DD98, Farm Kirkfalls 14227, Camperdown District

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22/06/2012

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Post date: 07/08/2012
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History: The shelter has a long and detailed dequence dating from around 100 00 years ago to the AD 1800s. T
Visual Description: Situated in a deep gorge in the Natal Group quartzite at an altitude of 530m. The Shelter is 43m wid
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Site Features: Well-screened by vegetation; Kloof forest, surrounded by Aristida junciformis Grassland.
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Catalogue: Whitelaw, 1994, No: , Significance Category: HCS

Admin Comments:
Bibliography archive: Kaplan, J. The Umhlatuzana Rock Shelter: 100 000 years of Stone Age history: Natal Museum Journal of Humanities. 2 : 1-94.
Directions:
From Pmb take N3 to Dbn. Just past Assagaay turn-off & immediately before crossing bridge over Umhla Umhlatuzana Rock Shelter lies alongside the N3 between Pietermaritzburg and Durban.
 
 

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