Justine Wintjes
Biographic Data
| ID | 5227199 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Justine Wintjes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Justine |
| FAMILY NAME | Wintjes |
| SIGNATURE | WINTJES J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Witwatersrand |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7591-6764 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Cowrie’s Life
A collection of money cowries (Monetaria moneta) was discovered in the early 1980s inside a bronze cannon salvaged from the wreck site of the São Bento (1554), at the mouth of the Mzikaba River, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Using an approach inspired by ‘object biography’, I consider the presence of these cowries in a museum, their possible Maldivian origin, their interrupted West African future and their wider social, economic and ecological enta…
Frobenius Discovered Before Crossing Limpopo Ruins, Ancient Fortificated Settlements, Beautiful Pottery Mountains Stop
The “discovery” by the scientific community of the iconic archaeological site of Mapungubwe Hill (thirteenth century AD, South Africa) is said to have taken place in 1933. Early that year, the son
Icons and archives
Joseph Orpen's 1874 journal article, including a testimony by Qing, one of the last Bushmen in the region, has become a foundational 19th-century source for rock art research in southern Africa, and its illustrations have achieved iconic status. Against the backdrop of Orpen's images, I examine the pictorial qualities of four other 19th-century depictions of rock paintings, namely those by John Barrow (1801), James Edward Alexander (1837), Thomas…
Frobenius Discovered Before Crossing Limpopo Ruins, Ancient Fortificated Settlements, Beautiful Pottery Mountains Stop
The “discovery” by the scientific community of the iconic archaeological site of Mapungubwe Hill (thirteenth century AD, South Africa) is said to have taken place in 1933. Early that year, the son
Icons and archives
Joseph Orpen's 1874 journal article, including a testimony by Qing, one of the last Bushmen in the region, has become a foundational 19th-century source for rock art research in southern Africa, and its illustrations have achieved iconic status. Against the backdrop of Orpen's images, I examine the pictorial qualities of four other 19th-century depictions of rock paintings, namely those by John Barrow (1801), James Edward Alexander (1837), Thomas…
Icons and archives
Joseph Orpen's 1874 journal article, including a testimony by Qing, one of the last Bushmen in the region, has become a foundational 19th-century source for rock art research in southern Africa, and its illustrations have achieved iconic status. Against the backdrop of Orpen's images, I examine the pictorial qualities of four other 19th-century depictions of rock paintings, namely those by John Barrow (1801), James Edward Alexander (1837), Thomas…
Frobenius Discovered Before Crossing Limpopo Ruins, Ancient Fortificated Settlements, Beautiful Pottery Mountains Stop
The “discovery” by the scientific community of the iconic archaeological site of Mapungubwe Hill (thirteenth century AD, South Africa) is said to have taken place in 1933. Early that year, the son
A Cowrie’s Life
A collection of money cowries (Monetaria moneta) was discovered in the early 1980s inside a bronze cannon salvaged from the wreck site of the São Bento (1554), at the mouth of the Mzikaba River, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Using an approach inspired by ‘object biography’, I consider the presence of these cowries in a museum, their possible Maldivian origin, their interrupted West African future and their wider social, economic and ecological enta…
Archaeology (3 works) · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (3 works) · History (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Art history (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · History (2 works) · African cultural and philosophical studies (1 works) · Ancient history (1 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (1 works)