Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    2627BA3
    Site Name
    Coopers, Zwartkrans 172 IQ, Gauteng
    Record Administration
    Author
    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
    Archaeology Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Recording date
    Primary?
    Yes
    Built Environment Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Primary?
    Yes
    Classifications
    Associated People
    History of use
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -26.01278, 27.74694
      Gauteng
      • West Rand
      • Mogale City
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Farm
      Land Parcel Reference
      Erf/Farm No: 172
      Erf/Farm Portion: 65 (previously 1)
      Address:
      n/a n/a
      n/a
      Inventory Reference
      Assessment Date
      Assessed By/Inspector
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade I
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      This series of fossil sites is one of the most important in the world for the study of human evolution in the context of changing ecological and biological processes. Collectively, they are of national and international significance because they encapsulate a superbly preserved record of the fauna that lived in this part of southern Africa over the past 4 million years, including an invaluable record of stages in the emergence and evolution of our early ancestors and their relatives.

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      26937
      Gazette Notice Status
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      2464
      Declared by (Organisation/Heritage Authority)
      Archive Status
      NHRA
      Media
      Images uploaded directly to Site
      Images uploaded to linked Site Recordings