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Bushman Paradise Cave
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Classification  | A.05.1. Archaeology, Rock Art
Proclamation No  | 018/1954
Place  | Spitzkoppe, near Usakos
Region  | Erongo
Site Environment  | Close to the Spitzkoppe and Pondok Montains, thornbush savanna. Round the Spitzkoppe Village that has a school, 28 places with rock art have been discovered.
Previous Use  | Shelter.
Current Use  | Tourist attraction, rest camp close by.
Refences  | Official Gazette 1844, No. 159, 1954. Vogt, Andreas, "National Monuments in Namibia", Windhoek 2004, p. 37-38. Kinahan, John, "Four thousand years Spitzkoppe. Changes in settlement and landuse on the edge of Namib Desert", Cimebasia, No. 12, 1990. Bre
Legal Status  | Declared as National Monument on 01.07.1954 by the Historical Monuments Commission for South West Africa (HMC).
     

Description

The paintings in the Cave of Bushman Paradise itself are situated under a overhang at the head of a amphitheatre and shows numerous humans and animals and a sphinx. The monument also includes two caves diagonally opposite from there that also contain paintings plus a waterfall below them with its catchment area.

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Brief History

The paintings have been known since the beginning of the 20th century; first archeological excavations by E. Reuning in 1917. When A. H. Breuil did his research in 1948, he found the convex rear wall covered all over with paintings that have been one of the finest examples in Namibia.
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