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| Image number: | 2357 |
| Feature : | rock engravings |
| Grouping : | ancient civilisations |
| Discipline : | archaeology-praehistory-history |
| Year : | 2009 |
| Locality : | Gaborone Game Reserve |
| Country : | Botswana |
| Region - tribe : | Gaborone |
| Physiographic region : | Limpopo basin |
| Notice : | Matsieng footprint. National Heritage Site. The Batswana believe this to be the footprint of the first man, Matsieng, who emerged out of the deep water at this site on the outskirts of Gaborone. The site hosts various footprints, both animal and human in nature, which have been engraved in the soft sandstone. |
| Reference : | Vandecasteele, Ine, 2009 Image 2357. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |