Natalie Swanepoel
Biographic Data
| ID | 79630 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Natalie Swanepoel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Natalie |
| FAMILY NAME | Swanepoel |
| SIGNATURE | SWANEPOEL N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Africa |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2999-4259 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 57 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Place of Refuge: “The Fighting Missionary,” Alexander Merensky, and the Forts of Botshabelo Mission Station, South Africa
The walls of Gwollu: Conflict and cooperation in a nineteenth-century contained community, Upper West Region, Ghana
The Life and Death of the Mission Village at Botshabelo Mission Station, Mpumalanga, South Africa
The Archaeology of Missions in Southern Africa
The late 18th and early 19th centuries in Europe and the United States saw a wave of evangelical revivalism and hence the establishment of a large number of missionary societies who dispersed missionaries throughout the globe. Southern Africa was viewed as a potentially fruitful mission field and, as a result, a large number of mission stations were established in the region during the 19th century under the auspices of a wide array of missionary…
Kirkman, James
Malan, Antonia
DeCorse, Christopher
Pikirayi, Innocent (Historical Archaeology)
Hall, Martin (Historical Archaeology)
Kirkman, James
Malan, Antonia
Many Worlds Colliding: Historical Archaeologies in South Africa
The character of historical archaeology in South Africa has been cast by the geography of its development and the historical roots of its subject matter. Arising in the south-western Cape, where Europeans collided with the nomadic Khoe and Bushmen, research agendas meshed with broader sub-disciplinary goals for a global, comparative archaeology of the last 500 years. In practice, this led to a focus on sites associated with European colonists. In…
Not Built in a Day: The Evolving Landscape of the Botshabelo Mission Station, South Africa, 1865-2015
On the 19th-century South African landscape, a ‘mission’ may have comprised anything from a single building on the outskirts of an African village to a full-blown complex containing church and educational facilities, houses belonging to missionaries and their converts and industrial operations such as a forge, wainwright’s workshop and mill. Drawing on archaeological, documentary and pictorial sources, I explore the development of the Berlin Miss…
Past imperfect, present tense: The archaeology of Africa's past 200 years
The archaeology of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries is a rapidly growing sub-field of African historical archaeology in tandem with a trend seen elsewhere in the world. Currently research on this time period in Africa is dominated by studies of slavery and emancipation, colonialism and capitalism and industrialisation. This research is described and research trends such as archaeologies of conflict, missionisation, Islamic expansion, coloni…
Small Change: Cowries, Coins, and the Currency Transition in the Northern Territories of Colonial Ghana
Insights into Past Ritual Practice at Yikpabongo, Northern Region, Ghana
Living with Heritage: The Potentials of and Pressures on the Heritage Landscape of Gwollu, Upper West Region, Ghana
The impact of development has been identified as one of the most pressing concerns in heritage management in Africa. At the same time, heritage has also been recognized as having the potential to bring tourists, and thus growth, to local economies. Communities that wish to benefit from the latter have to balance developmental pressures against the preservation of heritage, and various sectors of the community may view these priorities differently…
The Practice and Substance of Historical Archaeology in Sub-Saharan Africa
Capital letters: Material dissent and place name change in the 'new' South Africa, 2005-2006
In 2005 the municipal council that oversees Pretoria (South Africa's administrative capital) voted to officially change the name of the city to Tshwane. This was met with sustained resistance from various interest groups within the city. This is emblematic of the extent to which place names are vested with historical, political, economic and symbolic value. In addition to protests lodged through official channels, such as the South African Geogra…
Five Hundred Years Rediscovered: Southern African precedents and prospects
Socio-political change on a slave-raiding frontier: War, trade and 'Big Men' in nineteenth century Sisalaland, Northern Ghana
Life in nineteenth century northern Ghana was characterised by insecurity as inhabitants experienced frequent slave-raiding. Local villages forged alliances with raiders as a means to alter the local political balance in their favour. Preliminary research indicates that many of the local powerbrokers who emerged as war leaders during this period also occupied easily defensible locations or well-fortified villages with access to trade routes. Arch…
Painted Slabs from Steenbokfontein Cave: The Oldest Known Parietal Art in Southern Africa
Painted Slabs from Steenbokfontein Cave: The Oldest Known Parietal Art in Southern Africa
Socio-political change on a slave-raiding frontier: War, trade and 'Big Men' in nineteenth century Sisalaland, Northern Ghana
Life in nineteenth century northern Ghana was characterised by insecurity as inhabitants experienced frequent slave-raiding. Local villages forged alliances with raiders as a means to alter the local political balance in their favour. Preliminary research indicates that many of the local powerbrokers who emerged as war leaders during this period also occupied easily defensible locations or well-fortified villages with access to trade routes. Arch…
Insights into Past Ritual Practice at Yikpabongo, Northern Region, Ghana
Not Built in a Day: The Evolving Landscape of the Botshabelo Mission Station, South Africa, 1865-2015
On the 19th-century South African landscape, a ‘mission’ may have comprised anything from a single building on the outskirts of an African village to a full-blown complex containing church and educational facilities, houses belonging to missionaries and their converts and industrial operations such as a forge, wainwright’s workshop and mill. Drawing on archaeological, documentary and pictorial sources, I explore the development of the Berlin Miss…
Capital letters: Material dissent and place name change in the 'new' South Africa, 2005-2006
In 2005 the municipal council that oversees Pretoria (South Africa's administrative capital) voted to officially change the name of the city to Tshwane. This was met with sustained resistance from various interest groups within the city. This is emblematic of the extent to which place names are vested with historical, political, economic and symbolic value. In addition to protests lodged through official channels, such as the South African Geogra…
Living with Heritage: The Potentials of and Pressures on the Heritage Landscape of Gwollu, Upper West Region, Ghana
The impact of development has been identified as one of the most pressing concerns in heritage management in Africa. At the same time, heritage has also been recognized as having the potential to bring tourists, and thus growth, to local economies. Communities that wish to benefit from the latter have to balance developmental pressures against the preservation of heritage, and various sectors of the community may view these priorities differently…
Painted Slabs from Steenbokfontein Cave: The Oldest Known Parietal Art in Southern Africa
Socio-political change on a slave-raiding frontier: War, trade and 'Big Men' in nineteenth century Sisalaland, Northern Ghana
Life in nineteenth century northern Ghana was characterised by insecurity as inhabitants experienced frequent slave-raiding. Local villages forged alliances with raiders as a means to alter the local political balance in their favour. Preliminary research indicates that many of the local powerbrokers who emerged as war leaders during this period also occupied easily defensible locations or well-fortified villages with access to trade routes. Arch…
Five Hundred Years Rediscovered: Southern African precedents and prospects
The Practice and Substance of Historical Archaeology in Sub-Saharan Africa
Capital letters: Material dissent and place name change in the 'new' South Africa, 2005-2006
In 2005 the municipal council that oversees Pretoria (South Africa's administrative capital) voted to officially change the name of the city to Tshwane. This was met with sustained resistance from various interest groups within the city. This is emblematic of the extent to which place names are vested with historical, political, economic and symbolic value. In addition to protests lodged through official channels, such as the South African Geogra…
Living with Heritage: The Potentials of and Pressures on the Heritage Landscape of Gwollu, Upper West Region, Ghana
The impact of development has been identified as one of the most pressing concerns in heritage management in Africa. At the same time, heritage has also been recognized as having the potential to bring tourists, and thus growth, to local economies. Communities that wish to benefit from the latter have to balance developmental pressures against the preservation of heritage, and various sectors of the community may view these priorities differently…
Insights into Past Ritual Practice at Yikpabongo, Northern Region, Ghana
Small Change: Cowries, Coins, and the Currency Transition in the Northern Territories of Colonial Ghana
Past imperfect, present tense: The archaeology of Africa's past 200 years
The archaeology of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries is a rapidly growing sub-field of African historical archaeology in tandem with a trend seen elsewhere in the world. Currently research on this time period in Africa is dominated by studies of slavery and emancipation, colonialism and capitalism and industrialisation. This research is described and research trends such as archaeologies of conflict, missionisation, Islamic expansion, coloni…
Pikirayi, Innocent (Historical Archaeology)
Hall, Martin (Historical Archaeology)
Kirkman, James
Malan, Antonia
Many Worlds Colliding: Historical Archaeologies in South Africa
The character of historical archaeology in South Africa has been cast by the geography of its development and the historical roots of its subject matter. Arising in the south-western Cape, where Europeans collided with the nomadic Khoe and Bushmen, research agendas meshed with broader sub-disciplinary goals for a global, comparative archaeology of the last 500 years. In practice, this led to a focus on sites associated with European colonists. In…
Not Built in a Day: The Evolving Landscape of the Botshabelo Mission Station, South Africa, 1865-2015
On the 19th-century South African landscape, a ‘mission’ may have comprised anything from a single building on the outskirts of an African village to a full-blown complex containing church and educational facilities, houses belonging to missionaries and their converts and industrial operations such as a forge, wainwright’s workshop and mill. Drawing on archaeological, documentary and pictorial sources, I explore the development of the Berlin Miss…
Kirkman, James
Malan, Antonia
DeCorse, Christopher
The Archaeology of Missions in Southern Africa
The late 18th and early 19th centuries in Europe and the United States saw a wave of evangelical revivalism and hence the establishment of a large number of missionary societies who dispersed missionaries throughout the globe. Southern Africa was viewed as a potentially fruitful mission field and, as a result, a large number of mission stations were established in the region during the 19th century under the auspices of a wide array of missionary…
The Life and Death of the Mission Village at Botshabelo Mission Station, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Place of Refuge: “The Fighting Missionary,” Alexander Merensky, and the Forts of Botshabelo Mission Station, South Africa
The walls of Gwollu: Conflict and cooperation in a nineteenth-century contained community, Upper West Region, Ghana
History (17 works) · Archaeology (15 works) · Geography (13 works) · Art (8 works) · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (7 works) · History (7 works) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (6 works) · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (6 works) · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies (6 works) · Political science (6 works)