EDITORIAL INFORMATION

This catalogue can be used in a range of ways. The first of these is the approach based on geography. The various maps presented after the text are line drawings marked with the official South African Survey Map Grid Index (Director of Surveys and Mapping 1987). The position of major towns gives the reader a general locality, but knowledge of the grid reference is necessary for more precise locations.

A second port of entry to this volume is through the specimen numbers of the skeletons themselves. Each institution possesses its own catalogue and maintains its own specimen list. hence the need for this master catalogue. If one knows the Accession Register number, the Specimen Number Index will provide the page reference to the individual skeleton in the geographic catalogue.

The last approach is through the Subject Index included at the end of this volume. Many specimens are well known through publications, and many site names are part of the basic history of archaeology in southern Africa. Names such as Zuurberg, Mistkraal and Florisbad can be found in the subject index, and once again, the page reference here will lead the reader to the location of the site in the geographic catalogue.

GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

-Acnowledgements.

-Some words in advance.

-Introduction.

-Using the catalogue.

-Part 1: the institutions.

-Part 2: The catalogue.

-Table A: List of institutions.

-Table B: Specimens of presumed middle and upper pleistocene antiquity.

-Table C: Fynbos biome - Western section.

-Table D: Fynbos biome - Eastern section.

-Table E: Forest biome.

-Table F: Succulent-Karoo biome.

-Table G: Nama-karoo biome.

-Table H: Grassland biome.

-Table I: Savanna biome - Northern Cape section.

-Table J: Savanna biome - Transvaal Section.

-Table K: Savanna biome - Natal Section.

-Table L: Savanna biome - Eastern Cape Section.

-Table M: Specimen number index.

-Maps.

-References.

-Subject Index.