AN EARLY IRON-AGE HUMAN SKELETON FROM THE SOUTPANSBERG DISTRICT, SOUTH-AFRICA

This article presents a description of one of the most complete Early Iron Age skeletons pet discovered in southern Africa. It rc ns excavat ed on the Happy Rest Agricultural School property in the Northern Tran svaal and was that of a tall male of about 40 to 60 pears old. A high- status grave is indicated by the burial arrangement and the position o f the grave. Tooth extraction and mutilation of the incisors were prac tised Although this person was probably of Negroid origin, there are s ome features present which are more commonly found in Khoisan populati ons.