Chief Makapan (Makapane)

Chief Makapan (Makapane)
Collection: 
Campbell Collections
Creator: 
unknown
Contributor: 
unknown
Resource Type: 
Photographs
Language: 
English
Coverage: 
Limpopo
Resource Identifier: 
KCB11517
File Type: 
Picture
Extent: 
1
Publisher: 
unknown
Rights Holder: 
Campbell Collections

Chief Makapan (Makapane) :  Makapansgat (/mʌkʌˈpʌnsxʌt/) (or Makapan Valley World Heritage Site) is an archaeological location within the Makapansgat and Zwartkrans Valleys, northeast of Mokopane in Limpopo province, South Africa. It is an important palaeontological site,[1] with the local limeworks containing Australopithecus-bearing deposits dating to between 3.0 and 2.6 million years BP. The whole Makapan Valley has been declared a South African Heritage Site.[2] Makapansgat belongs to the Cradle of Humankind.

Access Rights: 
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Posted by: mkhizese
On: Monday, March 20, 2023 - 11:56