Bushmen Painting Hill, Savuti, Botswana
S 18° 35.623 E 024° 04.745
35K E 191727 N 7941618
Bushmen painting hill is a rocky outcrop overlooking the savuti marsh in northern Botswana.
The paintings shows elephant, giraffe, hippo, sable, eland and a puffadder.
Waymark Code: WMPXA4
Location: Botswana
Date Posted: 11/03/2015
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Overlooking the arid river channel of Savuti, which today is only flooded by high water of the Zambezi you find this excellent paintings on the walls of an "abri", a typical spot to stay for hunters and gatheres, oberlooking the river valley for game animlas.
The Bushman paitings at Gobabis are situated on the eastern face of Bushman Hill (also known as Gobabis). The paintings, not carbon dated, are thought to be between 3000 to 4000 years old. They depict various animals of present and past Savuti vintage. Eland, elephant, sable, giraffe, a puffadder and a hippo from wetter times feature on the same panel. A mixture of plant juices, and animal fat coloured with the rusty ironoxide from the rocks, was used to create this incredibly durable paint, but its exact composition is unknown. There are 22 known sites of paintings around Savuti, most being very faint due to exposure to the elements.
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