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• African Rock Art: The Coldstream Stone

  http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/cold/hd_cold.htm
  Article on this small polychrome stone, found buried with a human skeleton near the Lottering River in the southern part of the Western Cape province.

• Ancient Jewellery Found in African Cave

  http://www.nature.com/nsu/040412/040412-9.html
  From Nature, 75,000-year-old beads were found in the Blombos Cave on the southern tip of South Africa.

• Arts of the San People in Nomansland

  http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/noma/hd_noma.htm
  Article by Geoffrey Blundell on the paintings of the San people who survived in this area for longer than in other parts of South Africa.

• Florisbad Quaternary Research Department of the National Museum

  http://www.nasmus.co.za/departments/florisbad-quaternary-research/
  Conducts interdisciplinary palaeo-environmental research, primarily in the central region of southern Africa. Includes research, publications and contact details.

• Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs

  http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/915/
  UNESCO World Heritage site. Includes photographs, maps and a description of the site.

• Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs - UNESCO World Heritage Centre

  http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=915
  Description, photographs, maps and documents for these UNESCO World Heritage Centres.

• Major Hominid Find in Southern Africa

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1544717.stm
  From the BBC, the oldest known hominid fossils yet found in southern Africa are uncovered at the Sterkfontein Caves.

• National Museum Department of Archaeology

  http://www.nasmus.co.za/departments/archaeology/
  Department aims to conduct scientific investigations of the lifestyles and customs of the early inhabitants of the Free State Province, South Africa.

• Pniel 6

  http://www.southampton.ac.uk/archaeology/research/projects/pniel6.html
  Archaeological excavations at a Stone Age site in the Northern Cape being undertaken by the University of Southampton.

• Rock Art Department of the National Museum

  http://www.nasmus.co.za/departments/rock-art/
  Aims to locate, record, interpret and manage the diverse rock engraving and rock painting traditions of southern Africa. Includes information, staff, collections, research, publications and contact details.

• Sterkfontein Caves

  http://www.places.co.za/html/sterkfontein_caves.html
  One of the world's most productive and important palaeoanthropological sites.

• UNESCO: uKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park

  http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=985
  Photographs and information on this park and the criteria for its selection as a World Heritage Centre.

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