{"id":315,"date":"2023-11-20T12:59:59","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T12:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iringaculturaltours.co.tz\/?page_id=315"},"modified":"2024-04-17T20:37:13","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T20:37:13","slug":"igereke-rock-paintings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iringaculturaltours.co.tz\/index.php\/igereke-rock-paintings\/","title":{"rendered":"Igereke Rock Paintings"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"315\" class=\"elementor elementor-315\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-61463657 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"61463657\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b13ba40\" data-id=\"b13ba40\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-1ccc7f72 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1ccc7f72\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-17ba94e3\" data-id=\"17ba94e3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-403157f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"403157f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Iringa Rock Art<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68095c1a elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"68095c1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-544f4641 elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-phone\" data-id=\"544f4641\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-625eabec elementor-section-content-top elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"625eabec\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-266b2002\" data-id=\"266b2002\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22e1bd2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"22e1bd2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Igereke Rock Paintings<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3152b2b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3152b2b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The rock art of the Iringa region in southern Tanzania is primarily prehistoric, painted in monochrome fashion and often displayed in Precambrian rock shelters and overhangs. Based on predominating color types, subject matters, and artistic style, two broad rock art traditions are recognized: The \u201cHunter-Forager\u201d and \u201cBantu-language-speaker\u201d, or \u201cLate White\u201d, styles. Most of the paintings of Iringa share some artistic traditions, such as stylistic motifs, techniques of execution, subject matter, and colour, with the rock art of Central and Southern Africa.\u00a0<\/p><p>The ochre drawings depict human figures, an elephant, jumping eland and giraffe hiding in long grass. It&#8217;s an easy and worthwhile excursion from town involving a short but steep walk from the car park.<\/p><p>Archaeologically, Early Stone Age sites (Acheulean site) well-known site is Isimila in Iringa as well as other sites renowned for the Middle Stone Age is at Magubike and Mlambalasi. Recently, rock shelters with prehistoric rock paintings have been documented in various sites such as Kihessakilolo, Ikula and Lutona.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-945d827 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"945d827\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be0cb3d elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"be0cb3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/iringaculturaltours.co.tz\/index.php\/booking-form\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">book now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iringa Rock Art Igereke Rock Paintings The rock art of the Iringa region in southern Tanzania is primarily prehistoric, painted in monochrome fashion and often displayed in Precambrian rock shelters and overhangs. Based on predominating color types, subject matters, and artistic style, two broad rock art traditions are recognized: The \u201cHunter-Forager\u201d and \u201cBantu-language-speaker\u201d, or \u201cLate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-315","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iringaculturaltours.co.tz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iringaculturaltours.co.tz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iringaculturaltours.co.tz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iringaculturaltours.co.tz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iringaculturaltours.co.tz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iringaculturaltours.co.tz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/315\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iringaculturaltours.co.tz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}