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Rock ArtSite Name: Chongoni Rock Art
Country: Malawi
NOTE: This site is 617.69 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Rock Art

Latitude: 14.295278S  Longitude: 34.279167E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Rock Art in Malawi

This multi-period area of rock art includes the paintings of Ba-Twa hunter gatherers, but also Chewa agricultural societies. Among the motifs there are abstract symbols and animal representations. The area is protected as UNESCO World Heritage Site.

UNESCO entry on Chongoni.

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