An introduction to the rock art of the Malilangwe Conservation Trust, southeastern Zimbabwe

Bibliographic Data

ID6041891
AuthorsDavid G Pearce (0000-0002-6354-3796, University of the Witwatersrand, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume44
Issue3
Pages331-342
Publication date2009-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAzania Archaeological Research in Africa (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0067-270X • E-ISSN: 1945-5534
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00672700903342477
OpenAlexW2076741072
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited18

This report provides a brief introduction to the rock art of a little-known area: the Chiredzi District in the south east of Zimbabwe. It points to a number of unusual features of the rock art there and suggests some preliminary interpretations and directions for future study. Paintings of possible Iron Age authorship, finger dots and blown dots, depictions of bicephalic animals, elephants, giraffe and fly whisks are discussed. Cet article présente une brève introduction à l'art rupestre d'une zone peu connue: le District de Chiredzi, situé dans le sud-est du Zimbabwe. L'auteur décrit un certain nombre de caractéristiques inhabituelles dans l'art rupestre de cette zone. Il suggère quelques interprétations préliminaires et propose des orientations pour des études futures. L'article examine des peintures qui pourraient être attribuées à des auteurs de l’âge de fer, des empreintes de doigt et d'autres points o[ugrave] la peinture semble avoir été soufflée, des représentations d'animaux bicéphales, d’éléphants, de girafes, et de chasses mouches. Keywords: Zimbabwerock artMalilangwe Acknowledgements I thank the staff of the Malilangwe Trust who facilitated the field research. I undertook the first trip with Jeremy CitationHollmann; the second trip was arranged by Siyakha Mguni. We were accompanied into the field by Willem Steyn and Vicky Nardell. Mguni and I made the field tracings; Wendy Voorvelt drew the black and white figures. I profited from discussions in the field with Hollmann and Mguni. I thank David Lewis-Williams, Lara Mallen and three anonymous referees for commenting on drafts of this paper. This research was funded by the British Institute in Eastern Africa, the Malilangwe Conservation Trust and the Rock Art Research Institute

Archaeology · Art · Art history · Cartography · Geography · Humanities · Painting · Rock art · Visual arts · White (mutation) · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

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