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Africa: Analysis Reveals Origins of Ivory On 16th-Century Shipwreck
UCT, 23 December 2020
An international multi-institutional study initiated by the University of Cape Town (UCT) involving the scientific and historical analysis of elephant tusks found in the cargo of a… Read more »
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South Africa: Chinese Archaeology Acclaim for African Value Systems
UCT, 24 December 2020
The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Professor Shadreck Chirikure has won one of the ten 2019 Shanghai Archaeology Forum Research Awards for his work on Great Zimbabwe,… Read more »
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South Africa: Double Publication Prize for Archaeologist Chirikure
UCT, 22 May 2020
Head of the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Department of Archaeology and director of the Archaeological Materials Laboratory, Professor Shadreck Chirikure, has won the… Read more »
Study Reveals Ivory Origins of Southern Africa's Oldest Shipwreck
An international multi-institutional study initiated by the University of Cape Town (UCT) involving the scientific and historical analysis of elephant tusks found in the cargo of a ship wrecked off Namibia in the 16th century revealed some "remarkable" findings. With the help of advanced scientific methodology, the team has been able to shed light on the origins of the more than 100 tusks recovered from the 487-year-old shipwreck - the oldest known shipwreck in southern Africa and the largest archaeological cargo of African elephant ivory yet found. The team of researchers includes Professor Shadreck Chirikure, the head of UCT's Archaeological Materials Laboratory, and Professor Judith Sealy, the director of UCT's Stable Light Isotope Laboratory in the Department of Archaeology.
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Researchers have announced the discovery of the wreck of a Portuguese slave ship in which about 200 Mozambicans died when the ship sank just off Cape Town in 1794. Read more »
