Public lecture

Annie gave a talk to the South African Archaeological Society KwaZulu-Natal Branch, at the KZN Museum in Pietermaritzburg in November. She presented data gathered from animal remains and its implications for understanding the development of early international trade links between Africa and the larger Indian Ocean World.

Careful study of the hundreds of kilograms of excavated bone refuse from Letaba shows specialised hunting of large game such as giraffe, buffalo, zebra and blue wildebeest. The skins and meat of these animals were probably traded along local and coastal networks.