The archaeology of the Dome Gorge in the Daureb/ Brandberg, Namibia: Themes, content and context
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2012
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University of Namibia
Abstract
The Ddureb' Brandberg, Namibia's highest mountain, is one of the most weJI documented
rock art regions in the world. All in a/1 almost 900sites comprising of almost 50 ooo individual
images were recorded in the Ddureb. However the rock engravings' which have been found
in the Dome Gorge remain relatively sparsely researched. The Dome Gorge is a unique site in
the sense that paintings and engravings converge and in some cases superimpose each other.
The aim of this research was to understand the entire corpus of the area through conducting
empirical documentation of the site. Altogether seven different types of combinations of
engravings and paintings were observed in the data. The study a/so investigated the spatial
patterning of the rock engravings in the Dome Gorge and established an empirical description
of the distribution and Jiguration of engravings based on quantitative analysis.
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Dome, Climatic, Brandberg Namibia, Rock
Citation
Gwasira, G. 2012. The archaeology of the Dome Gorge in the Daureb/ Brandberg, Namibia 1 (1): 1-20.