PrehistoricmininginSouthAfrica,andIronAge ...
Southern Africa. He identified prehistoric mining as ''ancient mining'', anddetected areally ''ancient'' tradition and a''more modern'' tradition related to ''present day natives andtheir predecessors''. Between 1964and 1982,anumber ofarchaeologists devoted their attention to the problem ofprehistoric mining inSouth Africa. Mason2, in 1964,investigated