Wildebeest Kuil Rock Art Centre, South Africa: Controversy and Renown, Successes, and Shortcomings

This paper reviews the development of the Wildebeest Kuil Rock Art Centre, in South Africa, open for just over a decade. The run-up to the project's launch was not without difficulties, caused by both community and official mandates. Yet despite achieving a measure of critical acclaim the site...

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Published inPublic archaeology Vol. 13; no. 1-3; pp. 187 - 199
Main Author Morris, David
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 01.08.2014
Subjects
community archaeology
heritage tourism
rock art
South Africa
Wildebeest Kuil
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Summary:This paper reviews the development of the Wildebeest Kuil Rock Art Centre, in South Africa, open for just over a decade. The run-up to the project's launch was not without difficulties, caused by both community and official mandates. Yet despite achieving a measure of critical acclaim the site has only niche market appeal. Sustainability was possible only after securing operational subsidization. As that support begins to be scaled down, Wildebeest Kuil, as a case study, compels an assessment of its specific successes and shortcomings relative to issues of a more general nature that enhance or impede the role of South African archaeological sites in economic development.
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ISSN:1465-5187
1753-5530
DOI:10.1179/1465518714Z.00000000068