the January to April 2007 Itinerary

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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
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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
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