Traços de manifestações simbólicas na idade da pedra superior em Manica: pesquisa e percepção da arte rupestre da Serra Vumba

Abstract

The present work with the title, ʺ Traces of symbolic manifestations in the Upper Stone Age in Manica: Research and Perception of Rock Art in Serra Vumba, ˮ aimed to show the archaeological potential of Serra Vumba, through the San cave paintings on the archaeological stations of Chinhamapere and Moucondihwa to understand the symbolic manifestations of the hunters and gatherers who inhabited Manica. In this sense, throughout the work, it was found that the cave paintings found at the archaeological site of Chinhamapere contain unique and complex images of hunters and gatherers and belong to classical San art. However, it was found that the Moucondihwa archaeological site features two types of art, San Classical art and Classical Bantu art, the latter being specifically attributed to the Bantu tradition. However, the study allowed us to conclude that, through the rock paintings and landscape of the archaeological stations of Chinhamapere and Moucondihwa, they had a religious significance for the San hunter communities that inhabited Manica, and nowadays the stations are known locally as a place where the ancestors inhabit (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)