Eugene Marais
Biographic Data
| ID | 4242384 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eugene Marais |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eugene |
| FAMILY NAME | Marais |
| SIGNATURE | MARAIS E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Gobabeb Training and Research Center |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7155-9942 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Distribution of archaeological material along the ancient Tsondab River through the Namib Sand Sea, Namibia
The Impact of Lecturers’ Language Histories on Translanguaging Practices at a South African University
The power imbalances in South Africa’s linguistic landscape perpetuated a monolingual approach to education, marginalising Indigenous languages and creating challenges for educators and students. Translanguaging addresses the gap between multilingual repertoires and monolingual approaches to teaching and learning. However, little is known about the role of lecturers’ language histories, shaped by social, cultural, and institutional factors, in sh…
The Holocene Later Stone Age at Charé Rock Shelter, Namibia
Charé rock shelter lies approximately 10 km from the north-eastern corner of the Namib Desert’s Sand Sea. The site was excavated in 1971 by Beatrice Sandelowsky but was never fully published. In 2023, the site was revisited to assess the deposit and its potential for future excavation. This paper presents an updated report on the following: (1) the geological and geomorphological context of Charé; (2) previously recovered material culture; (3) pr…
Determining vertical growth patterns and tissue of maximum age using radiocarbon dating in the long-lived Namib Desert plant Welwitschia mirabilis
Welwitschia mirabilis , a unique gymnosperm native to Namibia and Angola, is a keystone plant species in the Namib Desert. It represents the only extremely long-lived non-clonal plant species occurring under hyperarid desert conditions, yet limited attempts have been made to accurately determine its age. Here, we present radiocarbon dates from a dead, sectioned Welwitschia of moderate size. We find the outer caudex tissue growth to progressively …
Reflections on Our Journeys to Foregrounding Students’ Experiences Through Literature in a Pre-Service Teacher Education Programme
In this essay, four teacher educators explore their journeys towards foregrounding students’ lived experiences when teaching literature. Data about our teaching of literature in different contexts were generated through our personal reflective narratives and ensuing dialogic critical friend conversations. Inductive thematic analysis of the narratives revealed that in spite of our diverse initial teaching contexts and trajectories, we initially al…
Revisiting the Acheulean at Namib IV in the Namib Desert, Namibia
Namib IV (S23° 44.829’, E14° 19.720’) is frequently cited, as it is one of few Earlier Stone Age sites in the Sand Sea of the Namib Desert. The site was first investigated in 1978 by Myra Shackley, who described 582 artifacts on the surface of a pan as representing an Acheulean butchery site. Descriptions of the artifacts, their number, and area were inconsistently reported. Recently rediscovered, the site of Namib IV is a rare example of a tool-…
Pollen in fossil hyrax dung from Marine Isotope Stages 2 and 3 reveals past environments in Namibia
Stalagmite multi-proxy evidence of wet and dry intervals in northeastern Namibia: Linkage to latitudinal shifts of the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone and changing solar activity from AD 1400 to 1950
Multiple proxies using variation in δ 18 O, δ 13 C, mineralogy, and petrography in a newly generated high-resolution record of Stalagmite DP1 from Dante Cave indicate a linkage between changes in hydroclimate in northeastern Namibia and changes in solar activity and changes in global temperatures. The record suggests that during solar minima and globally cooler conditions (ca. 1660–1710 and ca. 1790–1830), wetter periods (reflecting longer summer…
Reassessment of carbonate ages by dating both carbonate and organic material from an Etosha Pan (Namibia) stromatolite: Evidence of humid phases during the last 20ka
Timing of lake-level changes in Etosha Pan, Namibia, since the middle Holocene from OSL ages of relict shorelines in the Okondeka region
Depositional environment and OSL chronology of the Homeb silt deposits, Kuiseb River, Namibia
Previous studies suggest that the Homeb silts of the Kuiseb valley, Namibia (i) accumulated in a dune-dammed lake, (ii) are end-point deposits, (iii) represent an aggrading river bed, and (iv) are slackwater deposits. Thus, they have been used alternatively as evidence of past drier conditions or past wetter conditions. Lithostratigraphic analysis of two sediment sequences at Homeb indicates sedimentation by aggradation of the Kuiseb River trigge…
Middle-to late-Holocene moisture changes in the desert of northwest Namibia derived from fossil hyrax dung pollen
New pollen results and radiocarbon dating from fossil hyrax middens derived from the edge of the northern Namib Desert address the shortage of continental palaeobotanical evidence in arid Namibia by providing evidence for the environmental conditions during the mid to late Holocene in the region. The results obtained reflect long-term stability in the area throughout most of the sequence. Higher than modern moisture availability is suggested betw…
The Soul of the Ape
The Soul of the Ape
Revisiting the Acheulean at Namib IV in the Namib Desert, Namibia
Namib IV (S23° 44.829’, E14° 19.720’) is frequently cited, as it is one of few Earlier Stone Age sites in the Sand Sea of the Namib Desert. The site was first investigated in 1978 by Myra Shackley, who described 582 artifacts on the surface of a pan as representing an Acheulean butchery site. Descriptions of the artifacts, their number, and area were inconsistently reported. Recently rediscovered, the site of Namib IV is a rare example of a tool-…
Stalagmite multi-proxy evidence of wet and dry intervals in northeastern Namibia: Linkage to latitudinal shifts of the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone and changing solar activity from AD 1400 to 1950
Multiple proxies using variation in δ 18 O, δ 13 C, mineralogy, and petrography in a newly generated high-resolution record of Stalagmite DP1 from Dante Cave indicate a linkage between changes in hydroclimate in northeastern Namibia and changes in solar activity and changes in global temperatures. The record suggests that during solar minima and globally cooler conditions (ca. 1660–1710 and ca. 1790–1830), wetter periods (reflecting longer summer…
Middle-to late-Holocene moisture changes in the desert of northwest Namibia derived from fossil hyrax dung pollen
New pollen results and radiocarbon dating from fossil hyrax middens derived from the edge of the northern Namib Desert address the shortage of continental palaeobotanical evidence in arid Namibia by providing evidence for the environmental conditions during the mid to late Holocene in the region. The results obtained reflect long-term stability in the area throughout most of the sequence. Higher than modern moisture availability is suggested betw…
The Soul of the Ape
Depositional environment and OSL chronology of the Homeb silt deposits, Kuiseb River, Namibia
Previous studies suggest that the Homeb silts of the Kuiseb valley, Namibia (i) accumulated in a dune-dammed lake, (ii) are end-point deposits, (iii) represent an aggrading river bed, and (iv) are slackwater deposits. Thus, they have been used alternatively as evidence of past drier conditions or past wetter conditions. Lithostratigraphic analysis of two sediment sequences at Homeb indicates sedimentation by aggradation of the Kuiseb River trigge…
Middle-to late-Holocene moisture changes in the desert of northwest Namibia derived from fossil hyrax dung pollen
New pollen results and radiocarbon dating from fossil hyrax middens derived from the edge of the northern Namib Desert address the shortage of continental palaeobotanical evidence in arid Namibia by providing evidence for the environmental conditions during the mid to late Holocene in the region. The results obtained reflect long-term stability in the area throughout most of the sequence. Higher than modern moisture availability is suggested betw…
Timing of lake-level changes in Etosha Pan, Namibia, since the middle Holocene from OSL ages of relict shorelines in the Okondeka region
Reassessment of carbonate ages by dating both carbonate and organic material from an Etosha Pan (Namibia) stromatolite: Evidence of humid phases during the last 20ka
Stalagmite multi-proxy evidence of wet and dry intervals in northeastern Namibia: Linkage to latitudinal shifts of the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone and changing solar activity from AD 1400 to 1950
Multiple proxies using variation in δ 18 O, δ 13 C, mineralogy, and petrography in a newly generated high-resolution record of Stalagmite DP1 from Dante Cave indicate a linkage between changes in hydroclimate in northeastern Namibia and changes in solar activity and changes in global temperatures. The record suggests that during solar minima and globally cooler conditions (ca. 1660–1710 and ca. 1790–1830), wetter periods (reflecting longer summer…
Pollen in fossil hyrax dung from Marine Isotope Stages 2 and 3 reveals past environments in Namibia
Revisiting the Acheulean at Namib IV in the Namib Desert, Namibia
Namib IV (S23° 44.829’, E14° 19.720’) is frequently cited, as it is one of few Earlier Stone Age sites in the Sand Sea of the Namib Desert. The site was first investigated in 1978 by Myra Shackley, who described 582 artifacts on the surface of a pan as representing an Acheulean butchery site. Descriptions of the artifacts, their number, and area were inconsistently reported. Recently rediscovered, the site of Namib IV is a rare example of a tool-…
Reflections on Our Journeys to Foregrounding Students’ Experiences Through Literature in a Pre-Service Teacher Education Programme
In this essay, four teacher educators explore their journeys towards foregrounding students’ lived experiences when teaching literature. Data about our teaching of literature in different contexts were generated through our personal reflective narratives and ensuing dialogic critical friend conversations. Inductive thematic analysis of the narratives revealed that in spite of our diverse initial teaching contexts and trajectories, we initially al…
Distribution of archaeological material along the ancient Tsondab River through the Namib Sand Sea, Namibia
The Impact of Lecturers’ Language Histories on Translanguaging Practices at a South African University
The power imbalances in South Africa’s linguistic landscape perpetuated a monolingual approach to education, marginalising Indigenous languages and creating challenges for educators and students. Translanguaging addresses the gap between multilingual repertoires and monolingual approaches to teaching and learning. However, little is known about the role of lecturers’ language histories, shaped by social, cultural, and institutional factors, in sh…
The Holocene Later Stone Age at Charé Rock Shelter, Namibia
Charé rock shelter lies approximately 10 km from the north-eastern corner of the Namib Desert’s Sand Sea. The site was excavated in 1971 by Beatrice Sandelowsky but was never fully published. In 2023, the site was revisited to assess the deposit and its potential for future excavation. This paper presents an updated report on the following: (1) the geological and geomorphological context of Charé; (2) previously recovered material culture; (3) pr…
Determining vertical growth patterns and tissue of maximum age using radiocarbon dating in the long-lived Namib Desert plant Welwitschia mirabilis
Welwitschia mirabilis , a unique gymnosperm native to Namibia and Angola, is a keystone plant species in the Namib Desert. It represents the only extremely long-lived non-clonal plant species occurring under hyperarid desert conditions, yet limited attempts have been made to accurately determine its age. Here, we present radiocarbon dates from a dead, sectioned Welwitschia of moderate size. We find the outer caudex tissue growth to progressively …
Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (7 works) · Geography (6 works) · Geology (6 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (6 works) · Ecology (5 works) · Holocene (5 works) · Paleontology (5 works) · Physical geography (5 works) · Radiocarbon dating (5 works) · Arid (4 works)