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The Barrack Street well: images of a Cape Town household in the nineteenth century (1990)
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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)
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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.

Class, consumption and voting : an ecological analysis of wards and towns in the 1980 local elections in England (1988)
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Warde, A., Savage, M., Longhurst, B., & Martin, A. (1988). Class, consumption and voting : an ecological analysis of wards and towns in the 1980 local elections in England. https://doi.org/10.1016/0260-9827%2888%2990004-3

This paper examines a number of claims about the origins of changing spatial patterns of voting behaviour in Britain. Reporting the results of an ecological analysis of voting behaviour at ward level in the 1980 local elections, it addresses argument... Read More about Class, consumption and voting : an ecological analysis of wards and towns in the 1980 local elections in England.

Onrust 87/1: An Early Colonial Farm Complex in the Western Cape (1988)
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Hall, M., Brink, Y., & Malan, A. (1988). Onrust 87/1: An Early Colonial Farm Complex in the Western Cape

In this paper, we describe an early colonial farm complex near Stellenbosch. We show how the single, eighteenth century farmhouse, with roots in the European vernacular, was transformed into a werf in the Cape manorial style, probably when its owner... Read More about Onrust 87/1: An Early Colonial Farm Complex in the Western Cape.

Realism, naturalism and television soap opera (1987)
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Longhurst, B. (1987). Realism, naturalism and television soap opera. Theory, Culture and Society, 4(3), 633-649. https://doi.org/10.1177/026327687004004004

This paper argues that the concept of soap-opera realism, as developed in some of the recent critical writing on soap opera, is central to the understanding of this form of television drama. However, in its present form, this concept is insufficientl... Read More about Realism, naturalism and television soap opera.

Spatial parameters of Late Iron Age settlements in the upper Thukela Valley (1986)
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Maggs, T. M., Oswald, D., Hall, M., & Ruther, H. (1986). Spatial parameters of Late Iron Age settlements in the upper Thukela Valley. Annals of the Natal Museum, 27(2), 455-479

This paper describes a survey of stone-built settlements in the interior grasslands of KwaZulu-Natal. These are examined at the levels of homestead, cluster and settlement within the landscape. Comparisons and contrasts are drawn with the ethnology o... Read More about Spatial parameters of Late Iron Age settlements in the upper Thukela Valley.

Burkitt's milestone (1986)
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Schrire, C., Deacon, J., Hall, M., & Lewis-Williams, D. (1986). Burkitt's milestone. Antiquity, 60(229), 123- &

Archaeological research on plant and animal husbandry in Transkei (1985)
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Granger, J., Hall, M., McKenzie, B., & Feely, J. (1985). Archaeological research on plant and animal husbandry in Transkei. South African Journal of Science, 81(1), 12-15

The effects of pre-colonial farming communities on the environment of Transkei, southern Africa, and the implications for the contemporary management of natural resources.