Eastern craton, Swaziland, southern Barberton granite-greenstone terrane -- Western craton, including Johannesburg Dome -- Northeastern craton up to Limpopo belt -- Archaean of KwaZulu-Natal Province -- Pongola Supergroup -- Witwatersrand Supergroup and gold deposits -- The Ventersdorp and Transvaal Supergroups -- Barberton Greenstone Belt -- Lithospheric structure of the Kaapvaal Craton based on seismic data -- Gold mineralization in the Barberton Greenstone Belt. .This book provides a comprehensive overview of the evolution of one of the oldest and best-exposed Archaean cratons on this planet. There is currently a renewed interest in the early Earth, and the Kaapvaal craton has long served as a model for early crustal evolution. This unique multidisciplinary resource features information on geology, tectonics, geochemistry, and geochronology. It offers a wealth of new data on various aspects of the craton as well as contributions on the various crustal units by international specialists.