The archaeological landscape of Wolwekraal Nature Reserve (South Africa)

Newly discovered open-air sites along the Dorps River in the arid Karoo (South Africa), a region with uneven archaeological coverage, demonstrate multiple visits to this favoured habitat in the late Holocene Later Stone Age ( c . 3000–2000 BP).

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Antiquity
Published
2026-02-23
DOI
https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2026.10293
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Archaeology and Rock Art Studies
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Abstract

Newly discovered open-air sites along the Dorps River in the arid Karoo (South Africa), a region with uneven archaeological coverage, demonstrate multiple visits to this favoured habitat in the late Holocene Later Stone Age ( c . 3000–2000 BP).

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University of Cape Town (ZA), Hebrew University of Jerusalem (IL), Department of Conservation (NZ)
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