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Kang’itit engravings,
Area 1
(photo courtesy Emmanuel Ndiema)
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Rock
art survey in southern Turkana (Kenya)
Between 20th and 27th February
2008, a rock art survey was carried out in the Lokori
division of the newly created Turkana South district
of Kenya. The survey team comprised Emmanuel Ndiema
(Rutgers University / National Museums of Kenya-NMK),
Dr Thembi Russell (Rock Art Research Institute-RARI,
University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa),
and Scheherazade Amin (postgraduate student, University
College London). They were assisted by Vinmoses
Ekiru Laudan, a local community field guide, and
David Mutuse, a driver/mechanic from the NMK.
The objectives of the survey
were to:
During the field survey, a total of five rock art sites were recorded. Of these, it is believed that one was new and previously unrecorded. Extensive digital and film photography was taken by both Emmanuel Ndiema and Thembi Russell, and has been deposited (in hard and digital copies) at the British Institute of Eastern Africa (BIEA) and the Trust for African Rock Art (TARA), both based in Nairobi, Kenya. Images taken by Dr Russel are housed at RARI and are accessible via the SARADA website.
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