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ID: 6003189
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/6003189
 
Record Type: both
Hierarchy of Kromdraai (prehistoric site)  Kromdraai (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: South African site where Australopithecus robustus fossils were found; different areas of the site are often referred to as "Kromdraai A" and "Kromdraai B." Grouped with neighboring sites Swartkrans and Sterkfontein, it is protected as part of a large World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

Names:
Kromdraai (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 Kromdraai (prehistoric site)  ................  Kromdraai (prehistoric site) (P)

Place Types:
prehistoric site (preferred, C)
archaeological site (C)
cave (C)
cave dwelling (H)  ............  was frequented by hominids 1-2 million years ago
World Heritage Site (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Kromdraai..........  [VP Preferred]
....................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 347
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 19 February 2009
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 347
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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