Deacon, Janette

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Later stone age people and their descendants in southern Africa
essay 1984

Summary: Janette Deacon is a South African archaeologist specialising in heritage management and rock art conservation. She has studied the changes in stone tools from sites in the southern Cape in relation to climate change over the past 20,000 years. From 1985, she located rock engravings at places where the /Xam informants of Wilhelm Bleek and Lucy Lloyd lived in the nineteenth century. She served as a member of the SAHRA Council and was first chairperson of Heritage Western Cape. Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Female [3][4][5]; Unknown [1]
Born: 1939 [1]; 1939-11-25 [4]
Birth Place: Cape Town [4]; Kapstadt [1]
Country: South Africa [1]
Language: English [2]
Occupation: archaeologist [4]
Employer: Stellenbosch University [4]
Work Place: Südafrika [1]
Educated at: University of Cape Town [4]
Country of Education: South Africa [4]

Sources: 1. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany); 2. Bibliothèque nationale de France; 3. Library of Congress; 4. Wikidata; 5. VIAF

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