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Makapansgat
Makapansgat () (or Makapan Valley World Heritage Site) is an archaeological location within the Makapansgat and Zwartkrans Valleys, northeast of Mokopane in Limpopo province, South Africa. It is an important palaeontological site, with the local limeworks containing Australopithecus-bearing deposits dating to between 3.0 and 2.6 million years BP. The whole Makapan Valley has been declared a South African Heritage Site. Makapansgat belongs to the Cradle of Humankind.
Key facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.WHS
- Makapan Valley
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.image
- Potgietersrus, South Africa - panoramio (3).jpg
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.image_upright
- 1.2
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.location
- Limpopo, South Africa
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.part_of
- Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.criteria
- (iii)(vi)
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.ID
- 915bis-002
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.year
- 1999
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.extension
- 2005
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.locmapin
- South Africa Limpopo#South Africa
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
16 sectionsContents
- Makapansgat Valley sites
- Makapansgat limeworks
- Cave of Hearths and Hyaena Mandible Cave
- Buffalo Cave
- Ficus Cave and Iron Age Site
- Peppercorn's Cave
- Rainbow Cave
- Historic Cave or Makapansgat
- Cold Air Cave
- Gutentight Cave
- Murzel's Cave
- Katzenjammer Cave or Herries' Hole
- History of discoveries in Makapansgat Valley
- Site locations
- See also
- References
Makapansgat () (or Makapan Valley World Heritage Site) is an archaeological location within the Makapansgat and Zwartkrans Valleys, northeast of Mokopane in Limpopo province, South Africa. It is an important palaeontological site, with the local limeworks containing Australopithecus-bearing deposits dating to between 3.0 and 2.6 million years BP. The whole Makapan Valley has been declared a South African Heritage Site. Makapansgat belongs to the Cradle of Humankind.
==Makapansgat Valley sites==