Water table dynamics of a severely eroded wetland system, prior to rehabilitation, Sand River Catchment, South Africa

2013 ◽  
pp. 9-22
Author(s):  
Edward Riddell ◽  
Simon Lorentz ◽  
William Ellery ◽  
Donovan Kotze ◽  
Jacobus Pretorius ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Water Table ◽  
River Catchment ◽  
Wetland System

The Organisation of Late Pleistocene Robberg Blade Technology in the Doring River Catchment, South Africa

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 168-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marika Low ◽  
Alex Mackay
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Local Scale ◽  
Technological Characteristic ◽  
Spatial Organisation ◽  
Hunter Gatherers ◽  
River Catchment ◽  
Rock Types ◽  
Provisioning Strategies

AbstractEmphasis on the production of small unretouched blades is the strongest defining technological characteristic of southern African assemblages referred to as the Robberg – a ‘technologically uniform’ technocomplex identified across the sub-continent. This paper explores the spatial organisation of Robberg blade technology from three rockshelter sites in the Doring River catchment of the eastern Cederberg Mountains. The Doring is both a key source of water and toolstone, and the three sites are located at varying distances from it. Blades and blade cores from these sites are used to explore the influence of distance to source on the abundance of raw materials, staging of production and maintenance/reduction of transported artefacts. Results suggest key differences in procurement and provisioning strategies for different materials. Hunter-gatherers ‘geared up’ with hornfels and silcrete blades at the river before moving up the tributaries where toolkits were supplemented by small numbers of blades made from transported silcrete cores and the situational use of local rock types such as quartz. Results demonstrate the importance of understanding local-scale controls on technological organisation before inferring patterns of broader behavioural import.

Saline groundwater in the Buffels River catchment, Namaqualand, South Africa: A new look at an old problem

2020 ◽  
pp. 143140
Author(s):  
J. van Gend ◽  
M.L. Francis ◽  
A.P. Watson ◽  
L. Palcsu ◽  
A. Horváth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Saline Groundwater ◽  
River Catchment ◽  
New Look

Polysaccharides Based Adsorbent Used for the Assessment and Modeling of Metals Ions in Olifant’s River Catchment, South Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (12) ◽  
pp. 3097-3109
Author(s):  
Ernestine Atangana ◽  
Paul J Oberholster ◽  
Trevor T. Chiweshe ◽  
Lore-Marie Deysel
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
River Catchment

scholarly journals Pollution shapes the microbial communities in river water and sediments from the Olifants River catchment, South Africa

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angel Valverde ◽  
Errol D. Cason ◽  
Alba Gómez-Arias ◽  
Derya Bozkale ◽  
Danny Govender ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Microbial Communities ◽  
River Water ◽  
River Catchment ◽  
Olifants River

Dry spells assessment with reference to the maize crop in the Luvuvhu River catchment of South Africa

2016 ◽  
Vol 92 ◽  
pp. 99-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teboho Elisa Masupha ◽  
Mokhele Edmond Moeletsi ◽  
Mitsuru Tsubo
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Maize Crop ◽  
River Catchment ◽  
Dry Spells
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