Safeguarding a fragile legacy: managing uKhahlamba-Drakensberg rock art
Channel: Recording Archaeology
Date: 04/09/2017

Concern about the deterioration of uKhahlamba-Drakensberg rock art extends back over a hundred years, but only since the 1970s have there been reasonably sustained efforts to safeguard this heritage resource. This paper investigates the efficacy of these more recent developments. Emphasis is on the partial implementation of management recommendations and the reasons for this, institutional responsibilities and relationships, public and community access, the relationship between rock art and tourism and poverty alleviation initiatives, and Protected Landscape status.

Dr Aron D Mazel, Reader in Heritage Studies, Newcastle University