Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
2724DA4
Site Name
Taung World Heritage Site
Site Category
Palaeontological
Record Administration
Author
nobukho.njemla
Post date
Tuesday, October 21, 2014 - 15:19
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 18:19
Palaeontology/Geology Recordings
Submitted by odwa.bungu on Thursday, October 18, 2018 - 14:18.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
9/2/036/0002
Recording date
Primary?
No
Classifications
Description

Taung is located in the Northwest province and has been known as a fossil bearing site since before Dart discovered the Taung Child (Australopithecus Africanus) amongst fossils sent from the Buxton Limeworks in 1925 (Dart, 1925). The site of Taung has seen numerous researchers since Dart, from hrdlicka, Broom, Peabody, Butzer, and Patridge to the most recent work by Tobias and Mckee from 1987 to 1994. While no other hominid remains have been discovered, the site has produced some unique primate remains (McKee 1993a)

Location
Location
Mapping
-27.620307, 24.635779
North West
  • Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati
  • Greater Taung
Grading
Autoid
Grading - 250031
Submitted by
Submitted by clinton.jackson on 16/11/2016 - 09:57.
Grading
Grade I
Grading Date
GradingComment

Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

Significance criteria
Significance Categories
Origin of life, species
Sphere of Significance
International
Level
High
Declaration
DeclarationName
Declaration - 220931
Declaration Type
National Heritage Site
Gazette Date
Gazette Number
29352
Gazette Notice Status
Current
Notice Date
Notice Number
1105
Declared by (Organisation/Heritage Authority)
South African Heritage Resources Agency
29352-1105 Taung National heritage site.pdf (86.18 KB)
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