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Pomongwe Cave, a cave and rock art site.
Standort
Pomongwe is a cave that is located inside the Matopo National Park, one kilometer east of Maleme Dam. The cave, formed by negative exfoliation, lays the the end of a small valley facing Northeast. It is 20m long and 20 wide.[1]
Name
The name Pomongwe is derived from the Kalanga word for 'melon' referring to the dome shaped hill[1].
Usage, findings and excavations
The cave was used by Stone Age people, possibly Middle Stone age because of the rare, prepared cores and triangular points present in the cave. The several excavations done in 1960-1962 and in 1979 suggest that there is a possibility that it was a communal area.[2]
Rock art paintings
The site has visible rock art paintings of giraffe, zebra,kudu,eland as well as two outlined elephants, even though it was destroyed by misguided preservation efforts in the 1920s that saw oil and glycerine being applied on the paintings. Also visible are images of women, geometric shapes and paintings associated with agriculturalists. [3] Near the cave is a site museum and interpretive center that was opened on the 1st of July 1994.
National monument status
Although the cave is a well known site and is frequently visited, it unfortunately was never proclaimed as a national monument, due to the fact that the rock art found was of insufficient quality to justify its proclamation. [4]
References
- ^ a b Cooke, C.K (1963). "Report on excavations at Pomongwe and Tshangula caves, Matopo Hills Southern Rhodesia". South African archeological bulletin. 18.
- ^ Walker, Nicholas, John (1995). Late pleistocene and holocene hunter-gatherers of the Matopos. Uppsala University. ISBN 91-506-1102-X.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Burrett, FitzPatrick and Dupree (2016). The Matobo Hills: Zimbabwe's Sacred Landscape. Khami Press. p. 47. ISBN 978-7974-9808-2.
{{cite book}}: Check|isbn=value: length (help) - ^ Makuvaza, Simon (2016). The management of Matobo Hills In Zimbabwe:Perceptions of the indigenous communities in their involvement and use of traditional conservation pratices. Leiden University Press. ISBN 978-90-8728-264-6.