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ID: 8698146
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/8698146

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Matjes River Rock Shelter (abandoned dwelling)  Matjes River Rock Shelter (abandoned dwelling)

Coordinates:
Lat: 34 00 08 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -34.0010  decimal degrees
Long: 023 28 12 E  degrees minutes   Long: 23.4690  decimal degrees

Note: Stone Age site first excavated in 1929. Notable for its large shell midden.

Names:
Matjes River Rock Shelter (preferred,C,V,display)

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 Western Cape (province)  ............  Western Cape (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Matjes River Rock Shelter (abandoned dwelling)  ................  Matjes River Rock Shelter (abandoned dwelling) (P)

Place Types:
abandoned dwelling (preferred, C)
archaeological site (C)
rock shelter (C)
cliff (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Matjes River Rock Shelter..........  [VP Preferred]
............................................  Protsch and Oberholzer, Matjes River Rock Shelter (1975)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Dreyer, The archaeology of the Matjes River rock shelter (1933)
..................  Google Maps online (2000-) accessed 12 October 2016
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Sealy et al., New radiocarbon dates (2006)

 

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