| Detailed description: ||Khauxa!nas (Khoekhoegowab): passively defend people from an enemy, Afrikaans name Schans Vlakte: (sconce valley) is an uninhabited village with an ancient ruined fortress in south-eastern Namibia, east of the Great Karas Mountains. It is the oldest systematically designed and built structure in Namibia, pre-dating all buildings erected by Europeans. Built at the end of the 18th century, most likely between 1796 and 1798 by Klaas Afrikaner and his two sons Jager and Titus, ||Khauxa!nas served as a hidden retreat and a fortress to fend off possible pursuits by Cape authorities. The Orlam Afrikaner tribe left the place in the 1820s but it continued to be inhabited by the Veldschoendragers (||Hawoben) tribe until the mid-19th century.(from Wikipedia) |
| Remarks: Photos by Andreas Vogt on behalf of the National Monuments Council, Description in Namtional Monuments in Namibia, p.9, Photos by Andreas Vogt on behalf of the National Monuments Council |
| Date: December 1989, November 1989 |
| Remarks on Dating: On slide, undated |
| Photographer: Andreas Vogt, Andreas Vogt |
| Medium: Image, Image |
| Colour: Col., Col. |
| File format: Electronic image, Electronic image |
| Copyright holder: National Monuments Council, National Monuments Council |
| Acknowledge: NAN, NAN |
| Contributing institution: Namibia University of Science and Technology, Namibia University of Science and Technology |
| Custody: NAN, NAN |
| Local keywords: Landscapes, Petrified Forest, Monuments |
| Photo No: RNG |
| Version: 35 mm colour slide, 35 mm colour slide |
| Type: Electronic image, Electronic image |
| Source: 35 mm, 35 mm |
| Date digitised: December 2011, January 2012 |
| WWW Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/||Khauxa!nas |
| Collection name: National Monuments Council, National Monuments Council |
| Date added: 12-14-2011, 01-09-2012 |
| Data capturer: RM, RM |
| Metadata entry tool: ISIS, ISIS |
| Digitisation specs: JPEG for display. Archives TIFF image was scanned at 1200 dpi with Epson Expression 10000 XL scanner. 24 bit colour. 35 mm colour silde, JPEG for display. Archives TIFF image was scanned at 1200 dpi with Epson Expression 10000 XL scanner. 24 bit colour. 35 mm colour silde |
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