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Restoring ancestors to their home through transformational UCT process
An interdisciplinary team of academics from the University of Cape Town and two international institutions has conducted a series of scientific studies on the remains of nine people from Sutherland. They have uncovered a range of findings which could influence national policy for future burial and restitution.
04 Nov 2019
Stable isotope analyses helps to tell the Sutherland story
Professor Judith Sealy, from the Department of Archaeology at the University of Cape Town, reflects on her role in the Sutherland reburial and restitution process. Her team was responsible for the chemical analyses process, specifically the stable isotope analyses. By analysing the bones, teeth, soil and other archaeological materials her team was able to understand the diets that people followed, and the environments they lived in.
04 Nov 2019
Restoring dignity by facing the past
Professor Caroline Wilkinson and PhD student Kathryn Smith at Face Lab, from Liverpool John Moores University, reflect on their role in the Sutherland reburial and restitution process. They were responsible for producing the facial reconstructions of what the eight Abraham and Stuurman family members may have looked like.
04 Nov 2019
Using archaeology to do the right thing
Emeritus Associate Professor Simon Hall, Head of Department of Archaeology at the University of Cape Town, reflects on his role in the Sutherland reburial and restitution process. His team was responsible for analysing the Kruisrivier cemetery, and for identifying the individual graves the remains were taken from.
04 Nov 2019
Breathing life into history
Professor Nigel Penn, from the Department of Historical Studies at the University of Cape Town, reflects on his role in the Sutherland reburial and restitution process. His team was responsible for compiling providing historical background to the Roggeveld region and offer context to what might have been going on in the 19th century.
04 Nov 2019
