"Mother of All Walks: Pinnacle Point Caves" in SA Country Life - March 2014

Posted by Peter on Sun February 23, 2014 in Media Releases.

"If you do just one hike this year, the archaeologist-led tour of Pinnacle Point Caves in Mossel Bay should be it"

words by Fiona McIntosh and pictures by Shaen Adey

This is a lovely article by Fiona and Shaen. The only important "typo" is the 7 000-year-old in the following sentence should be 75 000-year-old.


"But after Professor Chris Henshilwood’s discovery of 7 000-year-old ochre inside shell beads and bone tools in Blombos Cave near Stilbaai ..."

you can read the online version here

Further Reading

SA Tourism to promote Mossel Bay's Human Origins tours Thu April 10, 2014

On 7 April 2014 Dr Nilssen met with Jan Hutton (Chief Marketing Officer) and Abby Swartz (Global Product) of SA Tourism in Johannesburg. This article, written by Martin Hatcheul, relates the very positive response received concerning The Point of Human Origins Experience.

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Pinnacle Point declared a Provincial Heritage Site Sun January 6, 2013

The archaeological sites at Mossel Bay’s Pinnacle Point - which have revealed some of the earliest evidence for modern human behaviour - have been declared Provincial Heritage Sites.

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Multi-Purpose Interpretation Centre Approved Mon July 7, 2014

MOSSEL BAY NEWS - The Mossel Bay Town Council approved the recommendations of a task team for the development of a multi-purpose interpretation centre at the Point. Story by Nickey Le Roux & Photograph by Tersia Marais

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