Historical archaeology in South Africa: material culture of the Dutch East India Company at the Cape

Abstract

The background of the archaeology of the VOC at the Cape / Carmel Schrire -- History, architecture and archaeology of selected VOC sites at the Cape / Carmel Schrire -- Faunal analysis and the development of the meat industry at the VOC Cape in the 17th and 18th centuries / Adam Robert Heinreich and Carmel Schrire -- Asian ceramic collections from VOC sites at the Cape / Jane Klose and Carmel Schrire -- Coarse earthenware collections from VOC sites at the Cape / Stacey Jordan -- European stoneware collections from VOC sites at the Cape / Stacey Jordan -- Tin-glazed, refined, and industrial earthenwares from VOC sites at the Cape / Carmel Schrire and Jane Klose -- Glass collections from VOC sites at the Cape / Carmel Schrire -- Objects of personal adornment at VOC sites at the Cape / Carolyn L. White -- Metals and associated artefacts from Oudepost I, Cape / Carmel Schrire -- Analysis of gunflints from VOC sites at the Cape / Jeffrey J. Durst -- Implications and prospects of the archaeology of the VOC at the Cape / Carmel Schrire.