Contents

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 1. Introduction and Historical Background to the Conservation of Monuments and Sites in South Africa
   Janette Deacon and Penny Pistorius
2. Legislation and the National Monuments Act
   Penny Pistorius
3. Forms of Protection Provided by the National Monuments Act
   Jenette Deacon and George Hofmeyr
4. Cultural Resource Management and the Environrnent Conservation Act. 1989
   Ingrid Coetzee, Alicia Monis and Juanita Pastor
5. National Databases on Monuments and Sites
   John Gribble
6. Conservation Policy for Heritage Sites in South Africa
   Janette Deacon
7. Protection of South Africa's Natural Heritage, with particular reference to Table Mountain
   George Hofmeyr
8. Case Studies of Conservation Practice at Archaeological and Palaeontological Sites
   Janette Deacon
9. Presenting South Africa's Rock Art Sites
   Geoffrey Blundell
10. Conservation Practice for Historical Shipwrecks
   John Gribble
11. The Castle of Good Hope
   Janet te Deacon, Gabriël Fagan and Gwen Fagan
12. The Archaeology of the Castle of Good Hope
   Martin Hall
13. Industrial Heritage: Three Western Cape Water-mills
   Sonette Bezuidenhout
14. Bethany, the House of the Poor
   Herma Gous
15. Conservation of Properties Owned by the National Monuments Council
   Desmond K. Martin
16. Conservation of War Graves
   Jean Beater
17. Sol Plaatje House: a Monument to a Great South African
   Colin Fortune and Leigh Deyzel
18. A Memorial to Enoch Mankanyi Sontonga
   Geneveve Walker
19. Urban Conservation in Graaff Reinet
   Peter Whitlock
20. Conservation in the Urban Environment: Conservation Areas in Cape Town
   Stephen S. Townsend
21. Robben Island: A Case Study in Contemporary Conservation Practice
   Laura Robinson
22. Strategies for Change in Heritage Management in the New South Africa
   Lesley Freedman Townsend