Janette Deacon

Janette Deacon (née Buckland, born November 25 , 1939) is a South African archaeologist specialising in heritage management and rock art conservation. She has studied the changes in stone tools from sites in the southern Cape in relation to climate change over the past 20,000 years. From 1985, she located rock engravings at places where the /Xam informants of Wilhelm Bleek and Lucy Lloyd lived in the nineteenth century. Quotes Theory is part of the romance of archaeology and is vital if we want to breathe some life into the snippets of information drawn from stone and other artefacts. Rock Art Talk by Dr Janette Deacon On 6 November 2018 The reason why much of Stone Age history has remained a secret for so long is not that it may not be told or that it has not been told in other books, but rather that it has to be individually discovered. Because we are remote from the past, we have to find it and immerse ourselves in it, if we wish to understand it and unlock its secrets. Pursuing the past is rewarding, and we hope it is a challenge more will follow. UCT to honour leading academics in African art, archaeology and economics External links Category:1939 births Category:Archaeologists from South Africa Category:People from Cape Town Category:Living people Category:Women scientists from South Africa Category:Women born in the 1930s