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Rock ArtSite Name: DhambalinCountry: Somalia
NOTE: This site is 106.117 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Berbera Nearest Village: Beenyo Dhaadheer
Latitude: 10.400000N Longitude: 45.900000E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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The Dhambalin rock shelter contains polychrome pictographs of wild and domestic animals and humans. The paintings of cattle are described as fitting the Ethiopian–Arabian style, and dates of 5,000–3,000 years b.p. have been suggested for this style based on associated ceramic finds (Nubian C-Group pottery.)
Archaeologist Sada Mire visited the site as part of a greater survey in 2007 after being visited by locals who had seen her on a televised program about Somali cultural heritage. The location given for the site is only very roughly approximate for the area.
Sources:
Sada Mire, "The Discovery of Dhambalin Rock Art Site, Somaliland", Published online: 11 November 2008.
Somali Heritage and Archaeology.
Note: Uncovering Somalia's heritage, a profile of Sada Mire. Surveying Somaliland's prehistoric and historic cultural heritage. See comment.
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