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Provenance studies for stone from the Castle gateway, Cape Town (1993)
Journal Article
Hall, M., Miller, D., & Moore, J. (1993). Provenance studies for stone from the Castle gateway, Cape Town. South African Journal of Science, 89(3), 110-112

Historical buildings often have complex architectural histories which are difficult to unravel from archival and archaeological sources alone. Provenance studies of stone used to build the gate of Cape Town's Castle suggest that this ornamental archw... Read More about Provenance studies for stone from the Castle gateway, Cape Town.

Tales and heads: bodies and landscapes (1993)
Book Chapter
Hall, M. (1993). Tales and heads: bodies and landscapes. In M. Payne (Ed.), Face Value: Old Heads in Modern Masks. Cape Town: Axeage

The archaeology of colonial settlement in Southern Africa (1993)
Journal Article
Hall, M. (1993). The archaeology of colonial settlement in Southern Africa. Annual Review of Anthropology, 22, 177-200

When European mercantile adventurers began pushing back the outer rim of their directly-known world in the second half of the fifteenth century, they had already invented Africa...

The archaeology of Paradise (1993)
Journal Article
Hall, M., Malan, A., Amann, S., Honeyman, L., Kiser, T., & Ritchie, G. (1993). The archaeology of Paradise

Excavations at the Dutch East India Company post of Paradise have revealed a well-dated, stratified sequence of architectural change at a single location. The main house and outbuildings were substantially rebuilt or altered during the site's occupat... Read More about The archaeology of Paradise.

The power of the ballot box: balloting at Eng Co (1992)
Book Chapter
Morris, H., Fosh, P., Martin, R., Smith, P., & Undy, R. (1992). The power of the ballot box: balloting at Eng Co. In D. Winstanley, & J. Woodall (Eds.), Cases in personnel management. Institute of Personnel Management

Trade unions in a hostile environment (1992)
Book Chapter
Morris, H., Fosh, P., Martin, R., Smith, P., & Undy, R. (1992). Trade unions in a hostile environment. In J. Leemput, & P. Leisnik (Eds.), Trade unions in transition. Aldershot: Edgar Elgar

Raymond Williams and local cultures (1991)
Journal Article
Longhurst, B. (1991). Raymond Williams and local cultures. Environment and Planning A, 23(2), 229-238. https://doi.org/10.1068/a230229

In this paper it is maintained that Raymond Williams's writings on culture are of great importance to current developments in cultural geography. His work is periodised into three stages and its different subject matters identified. An interpretation... Read More about Raymond Williams and local cultures.

The decollectivisation of trade unions? Ballots and collective bargaining in the 1980s (1991)
Journal Article
Martin, R., Fosh, P., Morris, H., Smith, P., & Undy, R. (1991). The decollectivisation of trade unions? Ballots and collective bargaining in the 1980s. Industrial Relations Journal, 22(3), 197. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2338.1991.tb00637.x

Balloting has been held to undermine collective decision making within unions. This article, based upon analysis of the rule books of all TUC affiliated unions and case study material, outlines the law on balloting and collective bargaining, and exam... Read More about The decollectivisation of trade unions? Ballots and collective bargaining in the 1980s.

High and low in the townscapes of Dutch South America and South Africa: the dialectics of material culture (1991)
Journal Article
Hall, M. (1991). High and low in the townscapes of Dutch South America and South Africa: the dialectics of material culture. Social Dynamics, 17(2), 41-75. https://doi.org/10.1080/02533959108458512

The Dutch East and West India Companies established colonies in the Caribbean, Brazil and at the Cape of Good Hope. The resulting townscapes can be read as artefacts of domination - attempts to stamp order on the chaos of newly-colonized lands. But a... Read More about High and low in the townscapes of Dutch South America and South Africa: the dialectics of material culture.

Farmers, kings, and traders: The people of southern Africa, 200-1860 (1990)
Book
Hall, M. (1990). Farmers, kings, and traders: The people of southern Africa, 200-1860. Chicago: University of Chicago Press

In this overview of the origins and development of black societies in southern Africa, Martin Hall reconstructs the region's past by throughly examining both the archaeological and the historical records. Beginning with the gradual southward movement... Read More about Farmers, kings, and traders: The people of southern Africa, 200-1860.

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.