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faculty of SCIENCE
Head of Department:
Professor Judith Sealy
Departmental Profile
The Department of Archaeology is characterised by
a diversity of well-established research interests. The
Western Cape has a rich archaeological heritage which
includes evidence of hunter-gatherer settlement, pastoralist
communities and colonial settlers - all the subject of
ongoing research. Further afield, the Department also
has a research focus on the archaeology of early Tswana
and Sotho-speaking agropastoralists, particularly in North
West and the Free State. In addition, the Department
is home to archaeometric and materials research,
focussing on palaeoanthropology, past environments,
early human diets and materials analysis. The Department
of Archaeology has developed an expertise in Cultural
Resource Management, working with both government
and private sectors to mitigate the effects of development
and widen public awareness of the importance of the past.
Departmental Statistics
Permanent and long-term contract staff
Professor
1
Associate Professor
1
Senior Lecturers
3
Lecturers
2
Research Staff
5
Technical Support Staff
2
Administrative and Clerical Staff
1
Departmental Assistant
1
Lab Assistant
1
Total
17
Honorary staff
Honorary Research Associates
6
Total
6
Students
Postdoctoral
0
Doctoral
10
Master’s
13
Honours
4
Undergraduates
618
Total
667
Research Fields and Staff
Permanent staff
Professor Judith Sealy
Head of Department. Archaeometry, stable isotopes,
precolonial southern Africa
Associate Professor Rebecca Rogers
Ackermann
Hominid evolution, variation, morphometrics, visualization
and modelling, quantitative methods
Dr David Braun
Senior lecturer, Early Stone Age in eastern and southern
Africa, stone artefact technology
Dr Shadreck Chirikure
Senior lecturer, Archaeometallurgy, Iron Age, heritage
studies
Dr Simon Hall
Senior lecturer, hunter-gatherers and farmers, Stone/Iron
Age interaction, landscape sharing
Ms Riashna Sithaldeen
Lecturer, Primate biogeography using genetic techniques,
academic development in the geosciences
Dr Deano Stynder
Lecturer, Africa fauna, faunal analysis, ecomorphology,
palaeoenvironments
Contract research staff
Mr David Halkett
Contract archaeology, historical archaeology, prehistory of
the southwestern Cape
Mr Tim Hart
Contract archaeology, historical archaeology, prehistory of
the southwestern Cape
Mr Jayson Orton
Contract archaeology, historical archaeology, prehistory of
the southwestern Cape
Dr Lita Webley
Contract archaeology, historical archaeology, prehistory of
the southwestern Cape
Ms Liesbet Schietecatte
Contract archaeology, historical archaeology, prehistory of
the southwestern Cape