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Onrust 87/1: An Early Colonial Farm Complex in the Western Cape (1988)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.

Quantifying trends in site location with multidimensional scaling (1982)
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Hall, M. (1982). Quantifying trends in site location with multidimensional scaling. World Archaeology, 14(1), 131-152

In this paper, I consider some of the problems of quantifying locational trends in archaeology. A review of the methods available reveals that techniques may either be limited to situations where a considerable knowledge of the nature of the site, or... Read More about Quantifying trends in site location with multidimensional scaling.

The Indian connection: an assessment of Hromnik's' Indo-Africa' (1982)
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Hall, M., & Borland, C. (1982). The Indian connection: an assessment of Hromnik's' Indo-Africa'. South African archaeological bulletin, 37(136), 75-80

In this paper, we assess critically a recent publication that seeks to attribute most developments in the later prehistory of southern Africa to Indian gold-seekers. We show that the book has all the characteristics of 'cult archaeology', resurrectin... Read More about The Indian connection: an assessment of Hromnik's' Indo-Africa'.