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Clarence Van Riet Lowe
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Ethywynne Kelly
Name
Clarence Riet
Born
4 November 1894
Aliwal North, Cape Colony (
1894-11-04
)
Institutions
Historical Monuments Commission
Died
June 7, 1956, Knysna, South Africa
Notable awards
Royal Society of South Africa
Books
The Stone Age Cultures of South Africa
Fields
Civil engineer, Archaeology
Alma mater
University of Cape Town
Clarence Van Riet Lowe (4 November 1894 – 7 June 1956) was a South African civil engineer and archaeologist.
Selected publications
Van Riet Lowe, C. and Malan, B.D. (editors). 1949. Die gedenkwaardighede van Suid-Afrika. Pretoria: Staatsdrukkery.
The Stone Age Cultures of South Africa. Trustees of the South African Museum. 1929.
Van Riet Lowe, C. 1929. Further notes on the archaeology of Sheppard Island, South African Journal of Science 26.
Van Riet Lowe, C. 1937. Prehistoric rock engravings in the Vaal River basin, Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 24.
Van Riet Lowe, C. 1944. Notes on Dr. Francis Cabu's collection of stone implements from the Belgian Congo, Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 30.
Van Riet Lowe, C. 1952. The Pleistocene Geology and Prehistory of Uganda, Geological Survey of Uganda Memoir no. 6. Colchester
Van Riet Lowe, C. 1952. The Distribution of Prehistoric Rock Engravings and Paintings in South Africa, Archaeological Survey Series 7. Cape Town.
The development of the hand-axe culture in South Africa. Proceeding of the Pan-African Congress on Prehistory, Nairobi 1947. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. 1952.
"The Kafuan Culture in South Africa". The South African Archaeological Bulletin. 8 (30): 27. 1953. ISSN 0038-1969. JSTOR 3887461. doi:10.2307/3887461. (Subscription required (help)).
