Apollo 11 Cave
| Apollo 11 Cave | |
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| Location | ǀAi-ǀAis/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park |
| Coordinates | 27°45′S 17°6′E / 27.750°S 17.100°E [1] |
| Geology | quartzite |
The Apollo 11 Cave is an
Overview
The Apollo 11 rock shelter deposits were accumulated in a series of human "occupational pulses" over an interval of at least 40 millennia from ~71 ka to 29 ka ago, as confirmed by two independent sources.[4]
The cave, which is more a rock overhang than a cave, once contained some of the oldest pieces of mobile art ever discovered in
The most famous of the stones depicts a drawing of a
Besides the slabs, the cave contained several white and red paintings. The subject of paintings ranged from simple geometric patterns to
Art was also found near the cave in the form of engravings on the banks of a riverbed and a large limestone boulder located 150 m (490 ft) from the cave. The engravings, which are mostly difficult to see without angled light, consist of depictions of animals as well as simple geometric patterns.
Researchers who returned to the cave in 2007 found the site had been "severely vandalized" and appealed for government protection of the area.[4]
See also
References
- doi:10.2307/3888265.
- ^ a b John Mason, "Apollo 11 Cave in Southwest Namibia: Some Observations on the Site and Its Rock Art" The South African Archaeological Bulletin, Vol. 61, No. 183 (Jun., 2006), pp. 76-89
- ^ Wiebke Schmidt: Auf den Spuren der ältesten Kunst. Archived 2013-10-04 at the Wayback Machine Allgemeine Zeitung, May 2, 2008
- ^ JSTOR 43135517. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
- hdl:2263/59458.
- ^ Hager, Natalie (2015). "Apollo 11 Stones". Khan Academy. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
Further reading
- John C. Vogel: Suitability of Ostrich eggshell for radiocarbon dating. Radiocarbon, Bd. 43 (1), S. 133–137.
- Tilman Lenssen-Erz, Marie-Theres Erz, Gerhard Bosinski (Hrsg): Brandberg. Der Bilderberg Namibias, Kunst und Geschichte einer Urlandschaft. Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Stuttgart 2000, 3-7995-9030-7, S. 89.
- Ralf Vogelsang: The Rock-Shelter „Apollo 11“ – Evidence of Early Modern Humans in South-Western Namibia. In: Megan Biesele, Cornelia Limpricht (Hrsg.): Heritage and Cultures in Modern Namibia: In-depth Views of the Country. TUCSIN-Festschrift, Klaus Hess Verlag, Windhoek Göttingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-933117-39-7, S. 183–193.
- Ralf Vogelsang et al.: New Excavations of Middle Stone Age Deposits at Apollo 11 Rockshelter, Namibia: Stratigraphy, Archaeology, Chronology and Past Environments. Journal of African Archaeology 8 (2) 2010, pp. 185-218.
External links
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- The South African Archaeological Bulletin
- Gardner's Art Through the Ages
