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physical anthropology
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The collection includes human skeletal remains from the Later Stone
Age and Colonial Period, predominantly from archaeological contexts
(a number have been 14C dated). A smaller number of remains come from
much older contexts of the Middle Stone Age (Klasies River Mouth,
Die Kelders, Blombos Cave) and Early Stone Age (Elandsfontein).
Collection also contains full body casts predominantly of San and
Khoekhoe people.
At present, there is a moratorium on research access to skeletons
dating within the Holocene period. Iziko Museums is busy developing
a policy on human remains that will determine how the museum deals
with human remains in the future. The policy-making process will involve
consultations and negotiations with descendant communities and Khoe-San
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