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ID: 6005710
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/6005710
 
Record Type: both
Hierarchy of Swartkrans (prehistoric site)  Swartkrans (prehistoric site)

Coordinates:
Lat: 25 59 00 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -25.9833  decimal degrees
Long: 027 45 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 27.7500  decimal degrees

Note: Site just west of Johannesburg where over 100 important human fossils dating back to 1.6 -1.8 million years ago were discovered; grouped with neighboring sites Kromdraai and Sterkfontein, it is protected as part of a large World Heritage Site by UNESCO sometimes called, "the cradle of humankind."

Names:
Swartkrans (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of South Africa (nation)  ........  South Africa (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Gauteng (province)  ............  Gauteng (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Swartkrans (prehistoric site)  ................  Swartkrans (prehistoric site) (P)

Place Types:
prehistoric site (preferred, C)
archaeological site (C)
cave (C)
World Heritage Site (C)  ............  since 1999

Sources and Contributors:
Swartkrans..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  African Archaeology (1998) accessed 01/03/2001
.......................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 357
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  African Archaeology (1998) accessed 01/03/2001
..................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 19 February 2009
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 357
..................  UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) accessed 27 July 2010
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 27 July 2010
..........  Shaw and Jameson, Dictionary of Archaeology (2002) 555
..........  UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) accessed 27 July 2010

 

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