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ID: 6005847
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/6005847
Record Type:
administrative
Taung (archaeological site)
Coordinates:
Lat: 27 32 00 S
degrees minutes
Lat: -27.5333
decimal degrees
Long: 024 48 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 24.8000
decimal degrees
Note:
Site located near the town of Taung; remains first discovered by miners in 1924 and marked the discovery of Australopithecus Africanus.
Names:
Taung
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Taung site
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Hierarchical Position:
World
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Africa
(continent) (
P
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South Africa
(nation) (
P
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North West
(province) (
P
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Taung
(archaeological site) (
P
)
Place Types:
archaeological site (
preferred
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C
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mine (
H
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Related geographic places:
near/adjacent to ....
Taung
.......... (inhabited place)
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(World, Africa, South Africa, North West) [1093853]
Sources and Contributors:
Taung..........
[
VP Preferred
]
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African Archaeology (1998)
accessed 01/03/2001
..............
Times Atlas of World History (1993)
357
Taung site..........
[
VP
]
.......................
Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
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African Archaeology (1998)
accessed 01/03/2001
..................
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
accessed 27 July 2010
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Getty Vocabulary Program rules
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Shaw and Jameson, Dictionary of Archaeology (2002)
565
..................
Times Atlas of World History (1993)
357
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
accessed 27 July 2010
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