ITINERARY: CAPEFIELDSCHOOL– FEBRUARY– APRIL 2007

(Note: subject to change at staff’s discretion and depending on weather)

Date/Module / Activity / Lecturer / Notes / Location
JANUARY
Monday 29thJan – Friday 2ndFeb / Arrive this week /
  • At leisure in Cape Town
/ You will be collected at Cape Town airport / Stay at Flower Street Villa / Cape Town (CT)
FEBRUARY
Mon5 / 10.00 am -1.00pm /
  • 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
Tues 6 / am 10.00 – 12.00 /
  • Food Production & Iron Age
/ Dr Simon Hall – UCT / CT - AHRI
pm
1.00-2.30 /
  • Lithic Technology - Introduction
/ SC / CT - AHRI
FEBRUARY
Wed 7 / 10.00 am – 1.00 pm /
  • Middle Stone Age
  • Origins of Modern Human Behaviour
  • BBC Video: Day we learned to think
/ CSH / CT - AHRI
2.00 -3.00 pm / Palaeoenvironmental research / KvN
Thurs 8 / 10.00 am – 12 pm /
  • Later Stone Age
  • Rock Art
/ CSH / CT - AHRI
1.00 – 2.30 pm / Lithic Technology - Drawing / SC
Fri 9 / 10.00 am – 12 pm / Colonial Cape Town / Dr Nigel Penn - UCT / CT -AHRI
1- 2.30 pm / Faunal analysis / Jess Thompson
Sat 10 / 8 – 10 pm / Cocktail Party & traditional snacks / CT - AHRI
AHRI / CT - AHRI
Sun 11 / 10 am - / Preparation for field / Equipment, , store excess luggage / CT - AHRI
6 pm
Mon 12 / am / Drive to Potberg Environmental Education Centre 10.00 am / Pack trailer / Potberg
pm
Tue 13 / am / 10 am - Field Geology
am - Collection of lithic materials
pm – African lithics – typology practical / Dr Sheila Coulson - Oslo CSH
SC - Oslo / Potberg
pm
Wed 14 / am / 10 am - Lithics knapping –am/pm / SC -Oslo / Potberg
pm
Thur 15 / am / 10 am Shellfish practical / KvN / Identification, ecology / Potberg
pm
Fri 16 / am/pm / 10 am Marine ecology – diving. Dune ecology, beach walk, rock pools / KvN / Koppie Alleen
Intertidal zones
Sat 17 / am
pm / De Hoop game walk / Ranger / Potberg
Sun 18 / Prepare posters / Potberg
Mon 19 / am / 10 am Faunal osteology practical / Identification, ecology / Potberg
pm
Tue 20 / am / 10 am Faunal osteology practical / Identification, ecology / Potberg
pm
Wed 21 / am / 9.00 am GPS Site survey / CSH, KVN, TA / Potberg
pm
Thur 22 / am / 9.00 am GPS Site survey / CSH, KVN, TA / Potberg
pm
Fri 23 / am - / 9.00 am GPS Site survey / CSH, KVN, TA / Potberg
pm
Sat 24 / Practical revision & poster prep. / Potberg
Sun 25 / Practical revision & poster prep. / Potberg
Mon 26 / am / Practical exam
Vaalkrans site preparation / CSH, KVN, TA / Potberg
pm
Tue 27 / am / 9.00 am Excavation / Potberg
pm
Wed 28 / am / 9.00 am Excavation / CSH, KVN, TA / Potberg
pm
MARCH
Thur 1 / am / 9.00 am Excavation / CSH, KVN, TA / Potberg
pm
Fri 2 / am / 10. am Sorting of excavated material, quantification, data entry / CSH, KVN, TA / Potberg
pm
Sat 3 / Bredasdorp shopping / Potberg
Sun 4 / At leisure at Potberg / Potberg
Mon 5 / am / 9.00 am Excavation / CSH, KVN, TA / Potberg
pm
Tue 6 / am / 9.00 am Excavation / CSH, KVN, TA / Potberg
pm
Wed 7 / am / 9.00 am Excavation / CSH, KVN, TA / Potberg
pm
Thur 8 / am /
  • 10.00 am Sorting of excavated material, quantification, data entry
  • Hand in excavation notes
/ CSH, KVN, TA / Potberg
pm
Fri 9 / am / Education Day:
Poster presentation / CSH, KVN, TA / Potberg
pm
Sat 10 /
  • Bredasdorp shopping -am
/ Potberg
Sun 11 / Pack up, clean house / Potberg
Mon 12 / am / 9.00 am Leave Potberg, drive to Blombos / Blombos
pm
Tue 13 / am / Blombos at leisure - shellfish collection for seafood dinner / Blombos
pm
Wed 14 / am / VisitBlombosCave & LSA sites in vicinity / Blombos
pm
Thur 15 / am / Blombos at leisure / Blombos
pm
Fri 16 / 9.00 am Leave for BreedeRiverValley / Breede
Sat 17 / TourBreedeRiver winelands
Sun 18 / 9.00 am Leave for Cederberg / Travellers Rest / Cederberg
Mon 19 / am / Cederberg Rock Art / Cederberg
Tue 20 / am / Cederberg Rock Art / Cederberg
Wed 21 / am / 10 am Leave for Cape Town / Flower Street Villa / Cape Town
Friday 23 / Essay Titles handed out & Research commences / AHRI / Cape Town
APRIL
Fri 13 / Hand in Essays / AHRI / Cape Town
Friday 20 / Final grades available / AHRI / Cape Town

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