🇿🇦 South Africa · Archaeological wonder
Howieson's Poort Shelter
Howieson's Poort Shelter is a small rock shelter in South Africa containing the archaeological site from which the Howiesons Poort period in the Middle Stone Age gets its name.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Archaeological wonder
Kromdraai fossil site
Kromdraai (Afrikaans for "crooked turn") is a fossil-bearing breccia-filled cave located about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) east of the well-known South African hominid-bearing site of Sterkfontein and…
🇿🇦 South Africa · Archaeological wonder
Makapansgat
Makapansgat () (or Makapan Valley World Heritage Site) is an archaeological location within the Makapansgat and Zwartkrans Valleys, northeast of Mokopane in Limpopo province, South Africa.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Ancient city
Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape
Early to Middle Iron Age (K2 culture 1000–1220; Mapungubwe phase 1220–1290 CE) · Gokomere-Zhizo / Kalanga-Shona precursor / Mapungubwe culture
Iron Age kingdom (900–1290 CE) on Shashe–Limpopo confluence, Mapungubwe was southern Africa's earliest class-stratified state: elite on Mapungubwe Hill, commoners at foot, gold working – famous gold…
🇿🇦 South Africa · Archaeological wonder
Melville Koppies
Melville Koppies is a nature reserve and a Johannesburg City Heritage Site in Johannesburg, South Africa. The word 'koppie' means small hill. Iron Age artifacts can still be found at the site.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Archaeological wonder
Pinnacle Point
small promontory south of Mossel Bay, South Africa
🇿🇦 South Africa · Rock art
Drakensberg uKhahlamba Rock Art
Later Stone Age ~4000 BP–1800 CE · San (Bushman) hunter-gatherer
35,000 San paintings in 600 Drakensberg shelters - shamanic eland dance archive.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Rock-cut
Anthropomorph Rock Engraving East
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Medieval
Anthropomorph Rock Engraving East in Cederberg, South Africa is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) rock_cut attributed to Medieval culture.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Ancient city
Thulamela Stone Citadel Annex East
Late Medieval (1400-1700 CE) · Thulamela
Thulamela Stone Citadel Annex East in Limpopo, Kruger, South Africa is a Late Medieval (1400-1700 CE) ancient city attributed to Thulamela.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Ancient village
Adrar Stone Circle — Limpopo (Polokwane)
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval
Adrar Stone Circle in Limpopo, South Africa is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Medieval culture.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Cave
Klasies River Caves — Middle Stone Age Shelter
Middle Stone Age (120–55 ka) · Early Homo sapiens (MSA I–Howiesons Poort)
Klasies River Main site (KRM) is 5 caves/shelters on Tsitsikamma coast (34°06′29″S 24°23′24″E) with 120–55 ka MSA deposits containing anatomically modern human fossils (KRM 13400 mandible 115 ka),…
🇿🇦 South Africa · Rock art
Musawwarat es-Sufra Temple Annex — Limpopo — musawwarat-e
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Musawwarat es-Sufra Temple Annex in Limpopo, South Africa is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Ancient city
Mapungubwe Hill Summit Enclosure South Annex
Medieval (1075-1220 CE) · Mapungubwe
Mapungubwe Hill Summit Enclosure South Annex in Limpopo, Musina, South Africa is a Medieval (1075-1220 CE) ancient city attributed to Mapungubwe.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Ancient city
Thulamela Stone Citadel Annex East — Northern Annex
Late Medieval (1400-1700 CE) · Thulamela
Thulamela Stone Citadel Annex East — Northern Annex in Limpopo, Kruger, South Africa is a Late Medieval (1400-1700 CE) ancient city attributed to Thulamela.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Ancient city
Thulamela — Citadel Ancillary Enclosure (Kruger)
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Thulamela — Citadel Ancillary Enclosure (Kruger) in Limpopo, Kruger, Thulamela, South Africa is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city at…
🇿🇦 South Africa · Cave
Wonderwerk Cave Excavation Trench 6 Acheulean
Upper Palaeolithic (35000–12000 BP) · Upper Palaeolithic
Wonderwerk Cave Excavation Trench 6 Acheulean in Northern Cape, Wonderwerk, South Africa is a Upper Palaeolithic (35000–12000 BP) cave attributed to Upper Palaeolithic.