Based on prehistorical archaeological evidence of pastoralism and farming in Southern Africa, ancient settlements closest outside the present-day South African border region, related to Bantu language speaking peoples, so far was found in sites located in the southernmost region inside the borders of what is now Mozambique, and dated 354–68 BCE. Findings similarly based on pastoralism and farming within South Africa thus far – is from sites identified in what was the Transvaal (province), they were dated 249–370 CE.[17] The earliest written record of farming life in South Africa by Europeans starts slightly after 1500 CE.