STONE AGE REMAINS
Discovery In Transvaal
(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter)
VICTORIA (South Africa)
An archaeologist, helped only by his wife, has been uncovering a remarkable concentration of pre-historic remains in South Africa for the last eight years. The treasure-house of ancient sites in the Carolina district of Eastern Transvaal spans the history of South Africa from the early Stone Age to the Metal Age. Mr H. F. Sentker, a lecturer at the University of South Africa, says: “It is amazing to find such a range of cultural units in so small an area.”
His work, which is continuing, has received virtually no publicity. But he says that he has found “an Eldorado” for archaeologists. Mr Sentker unearthed the deposits after Professor D. Ziervogel, Professor of African languages at the University of South Africa, had told him of stone implements which he had found as a student on the surface in the district. Since 1958 he has opened between 25 and 30 sites on 12 farms near the Komati river.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31223, 22 November 1966, Page 7
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