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An archaeological perspective on the nineteenth century development of land, landscape and sheep farming in the Karoo
Includes bibliographical references.
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| author | Smuts, Troy Nathaniel |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11703 An archaeological perspective on the nineteenth century development of land, landscape and sheep farming in the Karoo Smuts, Troy Nathaniel Hall, Simon Archaeology Includes bibliographical references. The nineteenth century was one of considerable change within the Cape Colony. There was the change from Dutch VOC control to a British government early in the nineteenth century which exposed small scale Trekboer sheep farmers of the Karoo to a wider mercantile capitalism, especially with the adoption of Merino sheep for the global export market. This thesis charts the early nineteenth century history of colonial Trekboer society into the Karoo with a specific focus on the region to the north of the Roggeveld Mountains and west of the Nieuweveld Mountains. Of particular importance in this history is the change in land rights whereby title deeds and ownership were introduced by the British early in the nineteenth century. The distribution and chronology of title deeds are explored in this area of the Karoo using GIS to map and determine the chronological spread of deeded farms and possible links with environmental and ecological variability. While some correlations can be made under the assumption that better areas were claimed earlier in the nineteenth century other factors were also important. In particular the spread of Merino sheep, for wool production, from the Eastern Cape accounts for some of the geographic emphasis in title deed chronology, while technological innovations may underpin others. Furthermore, the thesis also examines the relationship between the title deeds and the distribution of corbelled buildings, a unique nineteenth century vernacular architecture associated with the Trekboer farmer. 2015-01-07T13:37:07Z 2015-01-07T13:37:07Z 2012 Master Thesis Masters MSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11703 eng application/pdf Department of Archaeology Faculty of Science University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Archaeology Smuts, Troy Nathaniel An archaeological perspective on the nineteenth century development of land, landscape and sheep farming in the Karoo |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | An archaeological perspective on the nineteenth century development of land, landscape and sheep farming in the Karoo |
| title_full | An archaeological perspective on the nineteenth century development of land, landscape and sheep farming in the Karoo |
| title_fullStr | An archaeological perspective on the nineteenth century development of land, landscape and sheep farming in the Karoo |
| title_full_unstemmed | An archaeological perspective on the nineteenth century development of land, landscape and sheep farming in the Karoo |
| title_short | An archaeological perspective on the nineteenth century development of land, landscape and sheep farming in the Karoo |
| title_sort | archaeological perspective on the nineteenth century development of land landscape and sheep farming in the karoo |
| topic | Archaeology |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11703 |
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