A r c h a e t n o s CC




Culture & Cultural Resource Consultants

Hut remains, Mmakau Hut remains, Mmakau Bronkhorst House, Fountains Valley Bronkhorst House, Fountains Valley
Directors & Experience
Historical, Archaelogical & Other Related Services

THE DIRECTORS

CV: Dr Anton C van Vollenhoven

Anton Carl van Vollenhoven
Born: 20 January 1966
Married, with two children
Bilingual

CV: Mnr Anton J Pelser

Anton Johan Pelser
Born: 23 December 1971
Married, with three children
Bilingual

Academic Qualifications

BA (UP) 1986
BA (HONS) UP 1988
MA (Archaeology) UP 1992
Post-Graduate Diploma in Museology UP 1993
Diploma in Tertiary Education UP 1993
MA (Afrikaans Cultural History) US 1998
D.Phil (Archaeology) UP 2001
Management Diploma TUT 2007
D Phil (History) US 2010

Academic Qualifications

BA (UNISA) 1995
BA (HONS) Archaeology WITS 1997
MA Archaeology WITS 2003

PHD Archaeology (in preparation)


Employment History

1988-1991

Fort Klapperkop Military Museum, Researcher

1991-1999

National Cultural History Museum. Work as Archaeologist, as well as Curator/Manager of Pioneer Museum (1994-1997)

1999-2007

City Council of Pretoria and City of Tswhane Metropolitan Municipality. Work as Curator: Fort Klapperkop Heritage Site (1999-2002). Acting Deputy Manager Museums and Heritage (1 March – 31 October 2002), and Deputy Manager Museums and Heritage (1 December 2002 – 31 July 2007)

 

Resigned to work for Archaetnos cc on a fulltime basis in 2007.

 

Anton was also a part-time lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Pretoria and a part-time lecturer on Cultural Resources Management in the Department of History at the University of Pretoria between 1988 and 2003.


Employment History

1991 – 2006
National Cultural History Museum. Between February 1991 and October 1994 worked as assistant in Collections Management Department.

 

From 1994 to 1998 work as Assistant Museum Scientist in the Research Department (Archaeology).

 

From 1998 to September worked as Museum Scientist (Researcher: Archaeology) in the same department. Was the Curator of the Archaeology Collection at the Museum during this time.

 

Resigned to conduct Cultural Heritage Consultancy work and research on a full-time basis in September 2006.



Publications

Dr. van Vollenhoven has published more than 70 articles in scientific and popular journals on archaeology and history, and also has been the author and co-author of nearly 300 unpublished reports on cultural resources surveys and archaeological work. He has also published a book on the Military Fortifications of Pretoria.

 

A complete list of these publications can be supplied.


Publications


Mr. Pelser has published more than 30 articles in scientific and popular journals on archaeology and history, and has also been the author and co-author of nearly 400 unpublished reports on cultural resources surveys and archaeological work. Anton has contributed a chapter on Archaeology in a book on the geology and history of the Vredefort Dome, compiled by the Geology Department of WITS University. This book was published and launched in conjunction with the proclamation of the Dome as World Heritage Site during July/August 2005.

 

A complete list of publications can be supplied.






Fort Wonderboompoort. A Cultural heritage management plan was written by Archaetnos CC for the Wonderboom nature reserve (2008).
Fort Wonderboompoort. A Cultural heritage management plan was written by Archaetnos CC for the Wonderboom nature reserve (2008)



Example of a Site Map: Douglas Late Iron Age site (Archaetnos CC 2008)
Example of a Site Map: Douglas Late Iron Age site (Archaetnos CC 2008)