DIGGING DE HOOP - ARCHEOLOGICAL WEEKEND
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Book for this very special weekend at De Hoop Collection featuring renowned archeologists sharing insights into the wonders of De Hoop.
The weekend includes lectures, workshops and a guided tour of the “Origins of Early Southern Sapiens Behaviour” exhibition.
Day visitors are welcome.
Friday 6 March
14h00
Guests arrive and check-in to De Hoop
18h00
Introduction to De Hoop, SapienCE and Origins of Early Southern Sapiens exhibition
Dalfrenzo Laing, Zarko Tankosic
(Origins Room)
Saturday 7 March
10h00-17h00
Fire experiments – Using heat to prepare different materials used in the production of tools, e.g. ochre, ostrich eggshell, stone, etc.
Marzena Cendrowska, Maciej Ehlert (Boma)
10h00-17h00
Bare Bones – Learn about identifying animals from their bones and how scientists use this knowledge.
Asia Alsgaard, Alexandra Pearson
(Boma)
10h00-17h00
Stone Tools – Try your hand in making stone tools the prehistoric way and learn how archaeologists use stone tools to understand the past.
Maciej Ehlert, Antoine Muller (Boma)
10h00-17h00
Making tools and ornaments the prehistoric way: a workshop in shaping and decorating various objects in the same way that our ancestors did. Get trained in recognising different types of use-wear using a microscope and learn what it can tell us about the past.
Marzena Cendrowska
10h00-17h00
Exploring the semi-arid Klein Karoo landscape and how it shaped past human mobility.
Kurt Wogau
12h00-13h00
Guided Tour of the “Origins of Early Southern Sapiens Behaviour” – “Mother Africa – Welcome Home” exhibition. Meet the scientists and ask them questions!
Various scientists
(Exhibition)
14h30-15h00
Lecture: “Food for the braai: Life along the coast during the Later Stone Age”. From shellfish to tortoises, the inhabitants of Klipdrift Cave would have had a variety of animals to cook on the fire. This talk will discuss how their preferences changed as they adapted to changing sea levels and coastlines between 11,000 and 17,000 years ago.
Asia Alsgaard
(Origins Room)
17h00
Lecture by Prof Christopher Henshilwood
(Origins Room)
18h00
Boma Dinner (R325 for non-inclusive guests)
(Vlei Deck)
Also check out other Exhibitions in Mitchell's Plain, Workshops in Mitchell's Plain.
