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Aloe from this morning's walk. I don't know the know the specific species.
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Aloe from this morning's walk. I don't know the know the specific species.
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Aloe from this morning's walk. I don't know the know the specific species.
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Aloe from this morning's walk. I don't know the know the specific species.
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Aloe from this morning's walk. I don't know the know the specific species.
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Hiking in the Magaliesberg - water and rock features. This very old mountain range runs east-west cutting through Pretoria and extends further west than east. It is on the western side where it is most interesting with many kloofs (ravines) in the mountain. This mostly quartzite mountain range is very interesting in the sense that it is actually a mountain lying on its side after a massive magna upheaval billions of years ago.
The day hike was inside and next to a ravine called Grootkloof. The name itself means "big ravine". The sides of the main ravine have tall rock faces offering many rock climbing routes all using natural protection.
PS: The land is owned by the Mountain Club of South Africa and access is only by permit for visitors. See the Magaliesberg section of the MCSA's website for information.
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Ancient Stone Walls And Power - What Data Science Tools Can Reveal In African Archaeology
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https://phys.org/news/2025-02-ancient-stone-walls-power-science.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10437-024-09586-5 <-- shared paper
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https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC94127 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #ancient #stonewall #ancienthistory #history #Africa #archaeology #datascience #spatialanalysis #visibility #culture #cultural #landmarks #ancestral #community #village #home #residential #environment #viewshed #visible #hidden #settlements #walls #sociopolitical #spatiotemporal #Arcreate #Magaliesberg #visibilityanalysis #landscape #Kaditshwene #Molokwane #Marothodi #SothoTswana #farming #agriculture #LateFarmingCommunities #LiDAR #household #kraal #homestead -
Ancient Stone Walls And Power - What Data Science Tools Can Reveal In African Archaeology
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https://phys.org/news/2025-02-ancient-stone-walls-power-science.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10437-024-09586-5 <-- shared paper
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https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC94127 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #ancient #stonewall #ancienthistory #history #Africa #archaeology #datascience #spatialanalysis #visibility #culture #cultural #landmarks #ancestral #community #village #home #residential #environment #viewshed #visible #hidden #settlements #walls #sociopolitical #spatiotemporal #Arcreate #Magaliesberg #visibilityanalysis #landscape #Kaditshwene #Molokwane #Marothodi #SothoTswana #farming #agriculture #LateFarmingCommunities #LiDAR #household #kraal #homestead -
Ancient Stone Walls And Power - What Data Science Tools Can Reveal In African Archaeology
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https://phys.org/news/2025-02-ancient-stone-walls-power-science.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10437-024-09586-5 <-- shared paper
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https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC94127 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #ancient #stonewall #ancienthistory #history #Africa #archaeology #datascience #spatialanalysis #visibility #culture #cultural #landmarks #ancestral #community #village #home #residential #environment #viewshed #visible #hidden #settlements #walls #sociopolitical #spatiotemporal #Arcreate #Magaliesberg #visibilityanalysis #landscape #Kaditshwene #Molokwane #Marothodi #SothoTswana #farming #agriculture #LateFarmingCommunities #LiDAR #household #kraal #homestead -
Ancient Stone Walls And Power - What Data Science Tools Can Reveal In African Archaeology
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https://phys.org/news/2025-02-ancient-stone-walls-power-science.html <-- shared technical article
--
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10437-024-09586-5 <-- shared paper
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https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC94127 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #ancient #stonewall #ancienthistory #history #Africa #archaeology #datascience #spatialanalysis #visibility #culture #cultural #landmarks #ancestral #community #village #home #residential #environment #viewshed #visible #hidden #settlements #walls #sociopolitical #spatiotemporal #Arcreate #Magaliesberg #visibilityanalysis #landscape #Kaditshwene #Molokwane #Marothodi #SothoTswana #farming #agriculture #LateFarmingCommunities #LiDAR #household #kraal #homestead -
Ancient Stone Walls And Power - What Data Science Tools Can Reveal In African Archaeology
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https://phys.org/news/2025-02-ancient-stone-walls-power-science.html <-- shared technical article
--
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10437-024-09586-5 <-- shared paper
--
https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC94127 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #ancient #stonewall #ancienthistory #history #Africa #archaeology #datascience #spatialanalysis #visibility #culture #cultural #landmarks #ancestral #community #village #home #residential #environment #viewshed #visible #hidden #settlements #walls #sociopolitical #spatiotemporal #Arcreate #Magaliesberg #visibilityanalysis #landscape #Kaditshwene #Molokwane #Marothodi #SothoTswana #farming #agriculture #LateFarmingCommunities #LiDAR #household #kraal #homestead -
The past weekend's trip, which I also posted photos about on https://mountains.photos/p/ysb33r/695551068542363934, has been an interesting trip.
The last time I was there was probably 2000. I could roughly remember where to go, but things have changed - parking arrangements & foot paths are the most prominent.
Having followed advice from someone else, I did not park where i wanted which was really a mistake. We took much longer to get to our camping spot and back than what I had planned.
I kept thinking to myself that either I was much more ruthless in my younger days, or some of the aspects of these kloofs have changed. There were far more tricky scrambles that I could remember.
I knew there was one side scramble to avoid two big pools, but I could not remember that the start was that difficult. It obviously have not been used very often.
What hasn't changed is that the Tonquani complex is still as beautiful as ever.