South Africa
Discover the rich archaeological heritage of South Africa, featuring ancient ruins, historical landmarks, and cultural treasures spanning millennia of human history.
Cango Caves
Extensive limestone cave system with artifacts.
Sedan Beehive stone huts
Beehive-shaped prehistoric stone huts in Lindley.
Rose Cottage Cave
Multi-layered Middle and Later Stone Age cave
Paternoster Midden
Large megamidden with diverse faunal remains
Pinnacle Point
Middle Stone Age caves with symbolic behavior evidence
Thulamela
Stone fortress with extensive trade links
Burchell's Shelter
Small rock overhang with late Holocene remains
Heerenlogement
Historical cave with 17th-century engravings.
Tlokwe Ruins
Remains of Sotho-Tswana settlements in Gauteng
Wonderwerk Cave
Ancient cave with extensive archaeological deposits
Schoemansdal, Limpopo
Voortrekker settlement with defensive structures
Taung
Early hominid fossil site in limestone quarry
Border Cave
Rock shelter with long prehistoric sequence.
Kweneng' Ruins
Stone-walled Tswana settlement ruins in South Africa.
Diepkloof Rock Shelter
Rock shelter with symbolic engravings.
Melkhoutboom Cave
Later Stone Age habitation cave in South Africa
Blombos Cave
Stone Age cave with symbolic artifacts
Sibudu Cave
Middle Stone Age rock shelter in South Africa
Canteen Kopje
Rich Stone Age archaeological sequence in South Africa
Mussel Point
Large shell midden with extensive deposits
Eye of Kuruman
Natural spring with dolomite cave system
Kingdom of Mapungubwe
Medieval settlement with stone structures
Motsetsi
Breccia-filled dolomitic fossil cave site
Nooitgedacht Glacial Pavements
Glacial pavements with Later Stone Age engravings
Heritage Western Cape
Provincial heritage resource management in Western Cape
Boomplaas Cave
Stratified cave with ancient human occupation
Driekops Eiland
Submerged petroglyph site with geometric engravings
Golden Acre (Cape Town)
Remnants of a 17th-century masonry dam.
Blaauboschkraal stone ruins
Complex stone walling system by Bokoni people
Stilbaai Tidal Fish Traps
Ancient intertidal stonewall fish traps
Amafa aKwaZulu-Natali
Provincial heritage resources authority in South Africa.
Byneskranskop
Archaeological site with Neolithic human remains
Bokoni
Stone-walled agro-pastoral society in South Africa.
Elands Bay Cave
Archaeological cave site with faunal remains.
Cooper's Cave
Fossil-bearing breccia-filled dolomitic caves.
Hoedjiespunt
Middle Pleistocene hominid fossil-bearing sand dune
Swartkrans
Fossil-rich cave in South Africa.
Sterkfontein
Limestone caves with hominin fossils.
Wildebeest Kuil Rock Art Centre
Rock engraving site with large mammal motifs.
Dzata ruins
Stone-walled settlement in South Africa
Stadsaal Caves
Sandstone caves with San rock art.
Florisbad archaeological and paleontological site
Middle Pleistocene to Holocene artifact-rich mound
Howieson's Poort Shelter
Rock shelter with Middle Stone Age artifacts.
Nelson Bay Cave
Stone Age cave with rich archaeological deposits
Makapansgat
Palaeontological site with Australopithecus fossils
Gladysvale Cave
Fossil-rich breccia-filled hominid cave.
Kaditshwene
Iron Age settlement with metalworking remains
Klasies River Caves
Coastal caves with Middle Stone Age deposits.
Kromdraai fossil site
Fossil-bearing breccia-filled cave site
Malapa Fossil Site, Cradle of Humankind
Fossil-bearing cave with early hominid remains