A preliminary report on settlement layout and gold melting at Thula Mela, a Late Iron Age site in the Kruger National Park

Archaeological investigations at a Late Iron Age stone-walled hill site, Thula Mela, near the Luvuvhu River in the Pafuri area of the Kruger National Park, have produced evidence of gold melting. The recovery of two fragments of pottery crucibles with the remains of slag and gold globules and three...

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Main Author: M.M. Kusel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 1992-09-01
Series:Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science
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Online Access:https://koedoe.co.za/index.php/koedoe/article/view/389