ITINERARY: CAPE FIELD SCHOOL – FEBRUARY – APRIL 2007 (Note: subject to change at staff’s discretion and depending on weather) Date/Module JANUARY Monday 29th Jan – Friday 2nd Feb FEBRUARY Mon 5 Tues 6 FEBRUARY Wed 7 Thurs 8 Fri 9 Sat 10 Activity Lecturer Notes Location Arrive this week At leisure in Cape Town You will be collected at Cape Town airport Stay at Flower Street Villa Cape Town (CT) 10.00 am -1.00 pm Introduction Human Evolution Early Stone Age Prof. Chris Henshilwood (CSH): Prof. Sheila Coulson (Oslo) (SC) AHRI – African Heritage Research Institute, 167, Buitenkant St, Gardens, 8001, Cape Town CT - AHRI am 10.00 – 12.00 pm 1.00-2.30 Food Production & Iron Age CT - AHRI Lithic Technology - Introduction Dr Simon Hall – UCT SC 10.00 am – 1.00 pm Middle Stone Age Origins of Modern Human Behaviour BBC Video: Day we learned to think Palaeoenvironmental research CSH CT - AHRI Later Stone Age Rock Art Lithic Technology - Drawing CSH Colonial Cape Town Dr Nigel Penn UCT Jess Thompson 2.00 -3.00 pm 10.00 am – 12 pm 1.00 – 2.30 pm 10.00 am – 12 pm 1- 2.30 pm 8 – 10 pm Faunal analysis CT - AHRI KvN CT - AHRI SC CT -AHRI Cocktail Party & traditional snacks AHRI Sun 11 Mon 12 Tue 13 Wed 14 Thur 15 Fri 16 Sat 17 Sun 18 Mon 19 Tue 20 Wed 21 Thur 22 10 am 6 pm am pm am pm Preparation for field Drive to Potberg Environmental Education Centre 10.00 am 10 am - Field Geology am - Collection of lithic materials pm – African lithics – typology practical Dr Sheila Coulson - Oslo CSH SC - Oslo Potberg am pm am pm am/pm 10 am - Lithics knapping –am/pm SC -Oslo Potberg 10 am Shellfish practical KvN Identification, ecology 10 am Marine ecology – diving. Dune ecology, beach walk, rock pools De Hoop game walk KvN Koppie Alleen Intertidal zones am pm am pm am pm am pm am Equipment, , store excess luggage Pack trailer CT - AHRI CT - AHRI CT - AHRI Ranger Potberg Potberg Potberg Prepare posters 10 am Faunal osteology practical Identification, ecology Potberg Potberg 10 am Faunal osteology practical Identification, ecology Potberg 9.00 am GPS Site survey CSH, KVN, TA Potberg 9.00 am GPS Site survey CSH, KVN, TA Potberg 1 Fri 23 Sat 24 Sun 25 Mon 26 Tue 27 Wed 28 MARCH Thur 1 Fri 2 Sat 3 Sun 4 Mon 5 Tue 6 Wed 7 Thur 8 Fri 9 pm am pm am pm am pm am pm am pm am pm am pm am pm am pm am pm am pm Sat 10 Sun 11 Mon 12 Tue 13 Wed 14 Thur 15 am pm am pm am pm am pm Fri 16 Sat 17 Sun 18 Mon 19 Tue 20 Wed 21 Friday 23 APRIL Fri 13 Friday 20 am am am 9.00 am GPS Site survey CSH, KVN, TA Potberg Practical revision & poster prep. Practical revision & poster prep. Practical exam Vaalkrans site preparation 9.00 am Excavation CSH, KVN, TA Potberg Potberg Potberg 9.00 am Excavation CSH, KVN, TA Potberg 9.00 am Excavation CSH, KVN, TA Potberg 10. am Sorting of excavated material, quantification, data entry Bredasdorp shopping At leisure at Potberg 9.00 am Excavation CSH, KVN, TA Potberg CSH, KVN, TA Potberg Potberg Potberg 9.00 am Excavation CSH, KVN, TA Potberg 9.00 am Excavation CSH, KVN, TA Potberg CSH, KVN, TA Potberg CSH, KVN, TA Potberg 10.00 am Sorting of excavated material, quantification, data entry Hand in excavation notes Education Day: Poster presentation Bredasdorp shopping -am Potberg Potberg Pack up, clean house 9.00 am Leave Potberg, drive to Blombos Blombos at leisure - shellfish collection for seafood dinner Visit Blombos Cave & LSA sites in vicinity Blombos at leisure Potberg Blombos 9.00 am Leave for Breede River Valley Tour Breede River winelands 9.00 am Leave for Cederberg Breede Cederberg Rock Art Cederberg Rock Art 10 am Leave for Cape Town Essay Titles handed out & Research commences Hand in Essays Final grades available Blombos Blombos Blombos Travellers Rest Cederberg Flower Street Villa AHRI Cederberg Cederberg Cape Town Cape Town AHRI AHRI Cape Town Cape Town 2