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A stone wall out of the earth that thundering cannon cannot destroy: bastion and moat at the Castle, Cape Town (1990)
Journal Article
Hall, M., Halkett, D., Vanbeek, P., & Klose, J. (1990). A stone wall out of the earth that thundering cannon cannot destroy: bastion and moat at the Castle, Cape Town. Social Dynamics, 16(1), 22-37. https://doi.org/10.1080/02533959008458483

Although the urgency with which the Dutch East India Company administration at the Cape built defensive works was a direct result of their fear of attack from both land and sea, there was an additional imperative, for the Castle at Cape Town stood as... Read More about A stone wall out of the earth that thundering cannon cannot destroy: bastion and moat at the Castle, Cape Town.

The Barrack Street well: images of a Cape Town household in the nineteenth century (1990)
Journal Article
Hall, M., Halkett, D., Klose, J., Ritchie, G., & Poggenpoel, C. (1990). The Barrack Street well: images of a Cape Town household in the nineteenth century. South African archaeological bulletin, 45(152), 73-92

This paper describes the results of excavation of well deposits from Barrack Street, Cape Town. The sequence starts with an assemblage dated to the late eighteenth century and continues, with a clear stratigraphy, until the late nineteenth century. A... Read More about The Barrack Street well: images of a Cape Town household in the nineteenth century.

Standardized analyses of glass trade beads from Mgungundlovu and Ondini, nineteenth century Zulu capitals (1989)
Journal Article
Van der Merwe, N., Saitowitz, S., Thackeray, J., Hall, M., & Poggenpoel, C. (1989). Standardized analyses of glass trade beads from Mgungundlovu and Ondini, nineteenth century Zulu capitals. South African archaeological bulletin, 44, 98-104

Renewed interest has been generated in studies of beads from southern African Iron Age sites. Statistical analyses of bead frequencies can now be undertaken, making use of a standardized, internationally recognized classification scheme. Large sample... Read More about Standardized analyses of glass trade beads from Mgungundlovu and Ondini, nineteenth century Zulu capitals.