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<< Text Pages >> Chongoni Rock Art - Rock Art in Malawi

Submitted by SolarMegalith on Friday, 01 February 2013  Page Views: 4740

Rock ArtSite Name: Chongoni Rock Art
Country: Malawi
NOTE: This site is 408.486 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
5

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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.

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