De Kelders Explained

De Kelders
Native Name:Die Kelders
Pushpin Map:South Africa Western Cape#South Africa
Coordinates:-34.5667°N 40°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:South Africa
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Western Cape
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Overberg
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Overstrand
Subdivision Type4:Main Place
Established Title:Established
Leader Title:Councillor
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:2.23
Population Total:1070
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Racial makeup (2011)
Demographics1 Title1:African
Demographics1 Info1:2.0%
Demographics1 Title2:Coloured
Demographics1 Info2:2.2%
Demographics1 Title3:Indian/Asian
Demographics1 Info3:0.1%
Demographics1 Title4:White
Demographics1 Info4:95.5%
Demographics1 Title5:Other
Demographics1 Info5:0.3%
Demographics Type2:First languages (2011)
Demographics2 Title1:Afrikaans
Demographics2 Info1:84.4%
Demographics2 Title2:English
Demographics2 Info2:12.6%
Demographics2 Title5:Other
Demographics2 Info5:3.0%
Timezone1:SAST
Utc Offset1:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code (street)
Postal Code:7220
Postal2 Code Type:PO box
Postal2 Code:7220
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:028

De Kelders (or) is a coastal village in the Overberg District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa.

Die Kelders Caves

Die Kelders Caves are an archaeological site that is relevant to human evolution. The site consists of two caves that contain human remains dating to the Middle Stone Age. The remains include isolated teeth, two manual phalanges, one pollical phalanx (of the thumb), and a mandible.[2] The assemblage contains at least 10 (mostly) subadult individuals. The morphology of some of these bones are similar to other Middle Stone Age sites across Africa, including Klasies River Caves, Equus Caves, and Witkrans.

Its name is Afrikaans for 'the cellars', derived from the coastal caves in sandstone cliffs.

Activities

The village itself is a holiday resort 19 km south-west of Stanford, between Gansbaai and Hermanus. It lies on the shore of Walker Bay, adjacent to Walker Bay Nature Reserve and Walker Bay Whale Sanctuary. De Kelders is also an excellent whale watching location; Southern right whales use Walker Bay to calve and mate.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sub Place De Kelders . Census 2011.
  2. Grine . Frederick E. . Marean . Curtis W. . Faith . J. Tyler . Black . Wendy . Mongle . Carrie S. . Trinkaus . Erik . le Roux . Stephan G. . du Plessis . Anton . 2017-08-01 . Further human fossils from the Middle Stone Age deposits of Die Kelders Cave 1, Western Cape Province, South Africa . Journal of Human Evolution . en . 109 . 70–78 . 10.1016/j.jhevol.2017.05.009 . 28688461 . 2017JHumE.109...70G . 0047-2484.
  3. Web site: Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain). Human Science Research Council. 139.
  4. Web site: De Kelders . 2024-05-17 . www.sa-venues.com.