SOUTH AFRICAN ROCK ART
Maarten van Hoek Updated September 2003| The Republic of South Africa has thousands of rock art sites. The area that my wife and I visited in 2003 has many petroglyphs (site-groups 1 to 11) that mainly occur on the central plateau around Kimberley, while further east rock paintings (site-groups 12 to 14) are more abundant. All South African rock art is protected by legislation (the National Heritage Resources Act no. 25 of 1999). This act makes it an offence to vandalise, destroy or remove any rock art in the country. The rock art is regarded as part of South African national heritage. Only sites that are officially protected or that are fenced in and locked are mentioned with their name. All other sites have been asigned a number to identify them in my webpages. For the same reason, locations on the maps are approximate.
Most rock art sites are very hard to find, therefore a guide is essential. Moreover, every rock art site is on private land and permission to visit these rock art sites should be sought well in advance. We are thankful to all the landowners that gave us permission to enter their land, but also to a large number of people who guided us around. As my wife and I cannot drive a car, we are especially indebted to the following people for their kind assistance and guidance: David Morris of the McGregor Museum, Kimberley; Vernon Heys of Bloemfontein; Gabriel Tlhapi of the National Museum in Bloemfontein; Charles Lange of Modderpoort and Ronel Coetzee of Ficksburg. |
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PETROGLYPHS OF SOUTH AFRICA (SITES 1-11) PAINTINGS OF THE EASTERN FREE STATE (SITES 12-14)
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