An archaeological perspective on the nineteenth century development of land, landscape and sheep farming in the Karoo

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dc.contributor.advisorHall, Simonen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSmuts, Troy Nathanielen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-07T13:37:07Z
dc.date.available2015-01-07T13:37:07Z
dc.date.issued2012en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe nineteenth century was one of considerable change within the Cape Colony. There was the change from Dutch VOC control to a British government early in the nineteenth century which exposed small scale Trekboer sheep farmers of the Karoo to a wider mercantile capitalism, especially with the adoption of Merino sheep for the global export market. This thesis charts the early nineteenth century history of colonial Trekboer society into the Karoo with a specific focus on the region to the north of the Roggeveld Mountains and west of the Nieuweveld Mountains. Of particular importance in this history is the change in land rights whereby title deeds and ownership were introduced by the British early in the nineteenth century. The distribution and chronology of title deeds are explored in this area of the Karoo using GIS to map and determine the chronological spread of deeded farms and possible links with environmental and ecological variability. While some correlations can be made under the assumption that better areas were claimed earlier in the nineteenth century other factors were also important. In particular the spread of Merino sheep, for wool production, from the Eastern Cape accounts for some of the geographic emphasis in title deed chronology, while technological innovations may underpin others. Furthermore, the thesis also examines the relationship between the title deeds and the distribution of corbelled buildings, a unique nineteenth century vernacular architecture associated with the Trekboer farmer.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationSmuts, T. N. (2012). <i>An archaeological perspective on the nineteenth century development of land, landscape and sheep farming in the Karoo</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Archaeology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11703en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationSmuts, Troy Nathaniel. <i>"An archaeological perspective on the nineteenth century development of land, landscape and sheep farming in the Karoo."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Archaeology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11703en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSmuts, T. 2012. An archaeological perspective on the nineteenth century development of land, landscape and sheep farming in the Karoo. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Smuts, Troy Nathaniel AB - The nineteenth century was one of considerable change within the Cape Colony. There was the change from Dutch VOC control to a British government early in the nineteenth century which exposed small scale Trekboer sheep farmers of the Karoo to a wider mercantile capitalism, especially with the adoption of Merino sheep for the global export market. This thesis charts the early nineteenth century history of colonial Trekboer society into the Karoo with a specific focus on the region to the north of the Roggeveld Mountains and west of the Nieuweveld Mountains. Of particular importance in this history is the change in land rights whereby title deeds and ownership were introduced by the British early in the nineteenth century. The distribution and chronology of title deeds are explored in this area of the Karoo using GIS to map and determine the chronological spread of deeded farms and possible links with environmental and ecological variability. While some correlations can be made under the assumption that better areas were claimed earlier in the nineteenth century other factors were also important. In particular the spread of Merino sheep, for wool production, from the Eastern Cape accounts for some of the geographic emphasis in title deed chronology, while technological innovations may underpin others. Furthermore, the thesis also examines the relationship between the title deeds and the distribution of corbelled buildings, a unique nineteenth century vernacular architecture associated with the Trekboer farmer. DA - 2012 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2012 T1 - An archaeological perspective on the nineteenth century development of land, landscape and sheep farming in the Karoo TI - An archaeological perspective on the nineteenth century development of land, landscape and sheep farming in the Karoo UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11703 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/11703
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationSmuts TN. An archaeological perspective on the nineteenth century development of land, landscape and sheep farming in the Karoo. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Archaeology, 2012 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11703en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Archaeologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherArchaeologyen_ZA
dc.titleAn archaeological perspective on the nineteenth century development of land, landscape and sheep farming in the Karooen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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