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Mapping Bokoni: Exploring Bokoni settlement choices and changes in Mpumalanga and Limpopo, South Africa using GIS site distribution analysis techniques
Dissertation (MA (Archaeology))--University of Pretoria, 2016.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/110004 Mapping Bokoni: Exploring Bokoni settlement choices and changes in Mpumalanga and Limpopo, South Africa using GIS site distribution analysis techniques Schoeman, M.H tobias.coetzee@gmail.com Coetzee, Tobias Johannes Bokoni GIS Aerial imagery Farming Stone wall structures Dissertation (MA (Archaeology))--University of Pretoria, 2016. In this dissertation I build on my Honours project through expanding the study area from the Crocodile River to the whole of Bokoni. I located stone-walled enclosures from aerial imagery and assigned a complexity scale to each. Using GIS software a variety of maps were produced, these include: Aspect, density, elevation, geology, distance from rivers or streams, slope, soil and vegetation. The plotted sites were overlaid with these maps and statistically analysed in order to determine factors that played a role in site selection. GIS analysis revealed that distinct preferences exist for sites of varying complexity when examined at the hand of the above mentioned maps. I compared the site clusters derived from the density analysis in this project to data gathered from written sources dealing with the location of Bokoni towns or strongholds in order to verify these locations. I also refined the footpath and wagon trade routes plotted during my Honours through digitisation. No clear correlation between trade routes plotted in this project, and Bokoni towns / strongholds could be made. Anthropology, Archaeology and Development Studies MA (Archaeology) 2026-05-15T17:26:03Z 2026-05-15T17:26:03Z 16/02/07 2016 Dissertation http://hdl.handle.net/2263/110004 en application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Bokoni GIS Aerial imagery Farming Stone wall structures Mapping Bokoni: Exploring Bokoni settlement choices and changes in Mpumalanga and Limpopo, South Africa using GIS site distribution analysis techniques |
| title | Mapping Bokoni: Exploring Bokoni settlement choices and changes in Mpumalanga and Limpopo, South Africa using GIS site distribution analysis techniques |
| title_full | Mapping Bokoni: Exploring Bokoni settlement choices and changes in Mpumalanga and Limpopo, South Africa using GIS site distribution analysis techniques |
| title_fullStr | Mapping Bokoni: Exploring Bokoni settlement choices and changes in Mpumalanga and Limpopo, South Africa using GIS site distribution analysis techniques |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mapping Bokoni: Exploring Bokoni settlement choices and changes in Mpumalanga and Limpopo, South Africa using GIS site distribution analysis techniques |
| title_short | Mapping Bokoni: Exploring Bokoni settlement choices and changes in Mpumalanga and Limpopo, South Africa using GIS site distribution analysis techniques |
| title_sort | mapping bokoni exploring bokoni settlement choices and changes in mpumalanga and limpopo south africa using gis site distribution analysis techniques |
| topic | Bokoni GIS Aerial imagery Farming Stone wall structures |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/110004 |