Archaeological sites in South Africa
46 archaeological sites in South Africa. Data from Wikidata and Wikipedia.
Amanzi Springs archaeological site Amanzi Springs is a series of hydrothermal springs in the Eastern Cape Province of South A… Blombos Cave Blombos Cave is an archaeological site located in Blombos Private Nature Reserve, about 30… Boomplaas Cave Boomplaas Cave is located in the Cango Valley in the foothills of the Swartberg mountain r… Border Cave Border Cave is an archaeological site located in the western Lebombo Mountains in Kwazulu-… Bundu Farm Site The Bundu Farm site (/ˈbʊnduː/) is a kidney shape depression (or pan) of land located in t… Byneskranskop Byneskranskop is an archaeological site in present-day South Africa where the coastal plai… Cango Caves The Cango Caves are located in Precambrian limestones at the foothills of the Swartberg ra… Canteen Kopje Canteen Kopje is an archaeological site, formally protected as a grade 2 provincial herita… Coopers Cave Cooper's Cave is a series of fossil-bearing breccia filled cavities. The cave is located a… Diepkloof Rock Shelter Diepkloof Rock Shelter is a rock shelter in Western Cape, South Africa in which has been f… Driekops Eiland Driekops Eiland (also called Driekopseiland) is a rock engraving or petroglyph site in the… Drimolen The Drimolen Palaeocave System consists of a series of terminal Pliocene to early Pleistoc… Dzata ruins The Dzata Ruins (or Dzana ruins), an archaeological site in Dzanani in the Makhado municip… Elands Bay Cave Elands Bay Cave is located near the mouth of the Verlorenvlei estuary on the Atlantic coas… Florisbad archaeological and paleontological site The Florisbad archaeological and paleontological site is a provincial heritage site in Sou… Gladysvale Cave Gladysvale Cave is a fossil-bearing breccia filled cave located about 13 kilometres (8.1 m… Gondolin Cave Gondolin Cave is a fossiliferous dolomitic paleocave system in the Northwest Province, Sou… HMS Birkenhead HMS Birkenhead, also referred to as HM Troopship Birkenhead or Steam Frigate Birkenhead, w… HMS Pelorus HMS Pelorus (pennant number: J291) was an Algerine-class minesweeper built for the Royal N… HMS Thames HMS Thames was a Mersey-class protected cruiser built for the Royal Navy (RN) in the 1880s… Haasgat Haasgat is a fossil-bearing cave system in the UNESCO-designated Cradle of Humankind in th… Howieson's Poort Shelter Howieson's Poort Shelter is a small rock shelter in South Africa containing the archaeolog… Kaditshwene Kaditshwene aka Gaditshweni or Karechuenya, was a South African Iron Age settlement some 2… Kathu Pan The Kathu Archaeological Complex is a cluster of significant archaeological, principally S… Kromdraai fossil site Kromdraai (Afrikaans for "crooked turn") is a fossil-bearing breccia-filled cave located a… Leopard's Kopje Leopard's Kopje is an archaeological site, the type site of the associated region or cultu… Makapansgat Makapansgat (or Makapan Valley World Heritage Site) is an archaeological location within t… Malapa Fossil Site, Cradle of Humankind Malapa is a fossil-bearing cave located about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) northeast of the well… Melkhoutboom Cave Melkhoutboom Cave is an archaeological site dating to the Later Stone Age, located in the … Motsetsi Motsetsi Cave (also known as Motsetse) is a fossil-bearing breccia filled cavity located a… Nelson Bay Cave Nelson Bay Cave, previously known as Wagenaar's Cave, is a coastal archaeological site in … Paternoster Midden Paternoster Midden is a megamidden on the west coast of South Africa. This megamidden has … Pinnacle Point Pinnacle Point is a small promontory immediately south of Mossel Bay, a town on the southe… Plovers Lake Plovers Lake Cave is a fossil-bearing breccia-filled cavity in South Africa. The cave is l… SAS Good Hope SAS Good Hope (pennant number: F432) was one of three Loch-class frigates in the South Afr… SS Lusitania SS Lusitania was a Portuguese twin-screw ocean liner of 5,557 tons, built in 1906 by Sir R… SS Maori Maori was a British refrigerated cargo steamship built in 1893 by C.S. Swan & Hunter of Wa… SS Oakburn and Bos 400 BOS 400 was a French derrick/lay barge that ran aground while being towed by the Russian t… SS Thomas T. Tucker The SS Thomas T. Tucker (Hull Number 269) was a Liberty ship built by The Houston Shipbuil… Sibudu Cave Sibudu Cave is a rock shelter in a sandstone cliff in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa… Stadsaal Caves The Stadsaal Caves (or Stadtsaal, meaning "town hall") are located in the Cederberg, South… Sterkfontein Sterkfontein (Afrikaans for Strong Spring) is a set of limestone caves of special interest… Stilbaai Tidal Fish Traps The Stilbaai Tidal Fish Traps (also known as the Noordkapperpunt Stone-Walled Fish Traps) … Swartkrans Swartkrans or Swartkranz is a fossil-bearing cave designated as a South African National H… Umhlatuzana Rock Shelter Umhlatuzana Rock Shelter is an archaeological site located in KwaZulu-Natal Province, Sout… Wonderwerk Cave Wonderwerk Cave is an archaeological site, formed originally as an ancient solution cavity…