Atlas of Archaeological and Cultural Heritage

The atlas of archaeological and cultural heritage is a new initiative which builds on the successes of many successful previous citizen science projects. Contribute to the archaeological and cultural heritage atlas and assist in documenting Namibia's cultural heritage. 

If you have photos of archaeological and cultural heritage that could be used on the website, spreadsheets or notebooks of records, or would like any further information, please contact us.


All archaeological sites and remains in Namibia are protected by law (National Heritage Act 27 of 2004). Some incidental protection is provided by the Environmental Management Act (7 of 2007) which includes man-made features in its definition of the environment.

Recorders should not collect anything from the site, ever.

You should never moisten paintings to enhance them for photography.


 

Recently submitted archaeological and cultural heritage records

The following list of records includes verified records and those awaiting verification of species groups you are interested in which have been recently added in your area.

  • Artefact
    ~ 21.21S 14.57E on 02/08/2025 by Tony Robertson, Alice Jarvis
  • Rock painting
    ~ 21.21S 14.57E on 02/08/2025 by Tony Robertson, Alice Jarvis
  • Artefact
    ~ 24.18S 15.94E on 27/05/2023 by Brown, Chris
  • Artefact
    ~ 24.18S 15.94E on 27/05/2023 by Brown, Chris
  • Artefact
    ~ 24.18S 15.94E on 27/05/2023 by Brown, Chris
  • Grave
    ~ 24.18S 15.94E on 27/05/2023 by Brown, Chris
  • Artefact
    ~ 24.18S 15.94E on 26/05/2023 by Brown, Chris
  • Artefact
    ~ 24.18S 15.94E on 26/05/2023 by Brown, Chris
  • Artefact
    ~ 22.64S 17.09E on 19/11/2022 by Tony Robertson, Alice Jarvis
  • Other archaeological or cultural heritage feature
    ~ 21.02S 16.4E on 28/09/2022 by Mostert, Madelene

Atlasing in Namibia maps of records, descriptions, photos

Top contributors to the atlas of archaeology and cultural heritage

Ranked by number of recordsThere was an SQL error: ERROR: syntax error at or near "ORDER" LINE 15: ORDER BY "records" LIMIT 11 ^ - SELECT CONCAT(p.surname, ', ', p.first_name) as recorders, count(of.id) as records FROM cache_occurrences_functional of JOIN users u on u.id=of.created_by_id JOIN people p on p.id=u.person_id WHERE CONCAT(p.surname, ', ', p.first_name) !='Jarvis, Alice' and CONCAT(p.surname, ', ', p.first_name) !='admin' AND taxon_group_id='18' GROUP BY p.first_name, p.surname, of.created_by_id, u.id ORDER by records DESC ORDER BY "records" LIMIT 11
Ranked by number of types of featuresThere was an SQL error: ERROR: syntax error at or near "ORDER" LINE 15: ORDER BY "records" LIMIT 11 ^ - SELECT CONCAT(p.surname, ', ', p.first_name) as recorders, count(distinct of.taxon_meaning_id) as records FROM cache_occurrences_functional of JOIN users u on u.id=of.created_by_id JOIN people p on p.id=u.person_id WHERE CONCAT(p.surname, ', ', p.first_name) !='Jarvis, Alice' and CONCAT(p.surname, ', ', p.first_name) !='admin' AND taxon_group_id='18' GROUP BY p.first_name, p.surname, of.created_by_id, u.id ORDER by records DESC ORDER BY "records" LIMIT 11

Archaeological and cultural heritage resources

Photo guides