Amazing stuff! The abstract of this research paper is lousy and dilettante!
"A recent study ... presents the first millimeter-accurate recording of the paintings at Kakapel rock shelter in Kenya, linking the layers of rock art painted over thousands of years to at least three culturally and genetically distinct groups.
The combination of rock art analysis, aDNA, and excavation data makes Kakapel one of the most comprehensively understood rock art sites in eastern Africa. ..."
From the abstract:
"... first described the Kakapel rock art of western Kenya in 1977. ...
Fieldwork in 2011 was undertaken to ... further research at the site. This paper presents the first millimetre-accurate redrawing of the main panel at Kakapel and places the site within the broader context of eastern African rock art to propose an age and authorship for the different painted traditions represented there.
It thus builds on and extends current understandings of the rock art sequence of eastern Africa."
The rock art of Kakapel Shelter, western Kenya (open access)
Figure 4. Kakapel: redrawing of the images in Layer 1 (redrawn by Wendy Voorveld in 2012 and coloured for publication by Kgolagano Vena).
Figure 5. Kakapel: redrawing of the images in Layer 2 (redrawn by Wendy Voorveld in 2012 and coloured for publication by Kgolagano Vena).
Figure 6. Kakapel: redrawing of the images in Layer 3 (redrawn by Wendy Voorveld in 2012 and coloured for publication by Kgolagano Vena).
Figure 1. Map of East Africa showing location of Kakapel rock art site in relation to other sites and places mentioned in the paper.
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