Simone Brunton, an Honours student, won the coveted Hanisch Prize for Excellence in Postgraduate Studies. Simone’s research deals with ritual deposits of animal remains at ‘Iron Age’ Bantu-speaking farmer rain-control sites in Limpopo.

 

 

The Hanisch Prize for Excellence in post-Graduate Studies started was first awarded in 1973 when the Witwatersrand Archaeological Society (today the Trans-Vaal Branch of the South African Archaeological Society) decided to set aside funds for a book prize for the best Archaeology student at Tuks, as had been done at Wits with the van Riet Lowe Prize. Prof Hannes Eloff suggested the prize be called the Hanisch Prize after Mr. Hanisch, a noted avocational archaeologist who had died two years previously.

This year the award was selected from 3 PhD candidates, 13 MA candidates and 3 Honours candidates.

At undergraduate level, other student achievements were honoured, specifically:

Archaeology I
Beyond Excavation ARCHAIC Fieldwork Prize - Catherine Schenck
Special Mention: Cherene De Bruyn, Mpho Maripane, Christiaan Oberholzer

From Hominid to Hominin Award for Most Improved Student - Mpho Maripane
Special Mention: Kyle Benkowitz, Christian Oberholzer, Kefilwe Rammutloa

Golden Rhino Award for Best Academic Performance - Cherene de Bruyn
Special Mention: Duane Havenga, Camilla Rossi, Catherine Schenck, Samantha Serfontein

Archaeology II
Beyond Excavation ARCHAIC Fieldwork Prize - Ruth Shand
Special Mention: Jurika Esterhuizen, Danny Jooste, Khumbudzo Netshituni, Tracy Tshivase,

From Hominid to Hominin Award for Most Improved Student - Greer Hendriks
Special Mention: Jurika Esterhuizen and Helen Wang

Golden Rhino Award for Best Academic Performance - Bianca Steyn
Special Mention: Anea Burke, Greer Hendricks, Danny Jooste, Thabang Mokgoshi

Archaeology III
Beyond Excavation ARCHAIC Fieldwork Prize- Rita Botha
Special Mention:Christian Louw, Paul Ludi and Kelly Mullan

From Hominid to Hominin Award for Most Improved Student - Christian Louw
Special Mention: Kenneth Oldwage, Petra Swanepoel, Neil Swart

Golden Rhino Award for Best Academic Performance - Jackie de Souza
Special Mention: Stefni Bierman, Rita Botha, Justin Brebner, Gerhard Jordaan, Ferdinand Kiesel, Elouise Lamprecht, Richard Wyllie