Kondoa Rock Art Sites
Dublin Core
Title
Kondoa Rock Art Sites
Subject
CULTURAL HERITAGE,ENVIRONMENT,GEOLOGY,HISTORY,RECREATION AND TOURISM,TOPOGRAPHY AND LANDSCAPE
Description
Kondoa Irangi Rock Paintings are located between Singida and Irangi Hills in Kondoa Irangi village and other rock painting is located at Kolo village in Dodoma. The rock paintings are a series of ancient paintings on rockshelter walls in central Tanzania. The images represent both hunter-gatherers and agro-pastoralist ways of life, depicting the changing lifestyles over the past two thousand years. The number of rock art sites in the Kondoa area is approximated about 450. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2006 because of its impressive collection of rock art. The sites are located on the steep eastern slopes of the Masai escarpment bordering the Great Rift Valley. These sites are used for rituals practices.
Source
kondoarockartsites
Date
Middle Stone Age,Later Stone Age
Contributor
Mwita William, Mwamvita Sollo
Language
Swahili, Rangi , Waasi and Sandawe
Type
Site
Identifier
1
Date Modified
02/28/2022 09:45:48 am
Date Submitted
13/11/2019
Extent
cm x cm x cm
Medium
Site visit, Division of Antiquities
References
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1183/, https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978-1-4419-0465-2_2149. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kondoa_Rock-Art_Sites
Spatial Coverage
current,-6.231346884462741,35.20809173583985;
Provenance
Antiquities Division
Europeana
Europeana Data Provider
Kondoa Rock Art Sites
Object
www.maliasili.go.tz
Europeana Type
TEXT
Site Item Type Metadata
Institutional nature
Archaeological
Place
doa@maliasili.go.tz
Prim Media
16
Status
gazetted
Stewardship
Tanzania Forest Services (TFS)
Condition
2
Contact
doa@maliasili.go.tz
Gazette Number
GN Na. 149 of 1949
Sub Type
Caves
Other Time
Existed more than 40,000 years ago.
Citation
“Kondoa Rock Art Sites,” Tanzania, accessed February 1, 2025, https://sdhtanzania.org/omeka/items/show/1.