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Mwela West L
Site
Brief description of site: The site is in a small overhang that protects the 2m2 low surface in small boulder. There is no shelter and is only visible to those passing nearby. The site looks into a small valley area between rocky hills and has little view.
Brief description of art: The art consists of two animal depictions that are applied by a brush in red. The species are uncertain. The images have very distorted features, typical of the exaggerated leg style seen also at ZAM-MWW42 and ZAM-MWE66. Above this image there are a series of horizontal rows of dots, applied by a finger in red.
Mwela West LI
Site
Brief description of site: The site is on a large, well protected surface at the end of a large overhanging rock face. The site is easily accessible and widely visible. There is a reasonable amount of shelter provided. The site looks into a small valley area between rocky hills and has little view.
Brief description of art: The art is on a rock surface that is much damaged by fire, most of the images have been destroyed. The remnants include two sections of animals applied by a brush in dark red with one row of brushed dots along its back. There are also various rows of dots, applied by a finger in red.
Mwela West LIII
Site
Brief description of site: The site is on a large overhung rock face providing an extensive surface for images (10m2). The site is slightly elevated on a hillside, allowing fine views to the west and north-west. The site is by the entrance to a narrow tunnel inhabited by many bats. There is little shelter but a pleasant shaded seating area. The site is fairly accessible but not immediately obvious.
Brief description of art: The art is all in red or dark red and applied by a finger. There is also extensive covering by rows of dots. There are also a few bat-like designs and a circle, a set of concentric circles and various lines.
Mwela West LIV
Site
Brief description of site: The site is on a small protected surface on a large rock face beside an entrance to a narrow tunnel. The tunnel comes out at ZAM-MWW53. The site is easily accessible with no shelter. The site looks into vegetation. The site is relatively widely visible due to its height (2.5m up).
Brief description of art: The art consists of a single complex geometric design that is somewhat phallic in appearance. The art is applied by a finger in red.
Mwela West LIX
Site
Brief description of site: The site is on a small protected area of a long uneven rock-face. There is no shade or shelter next to the images but there are a number of small rock shelters nearby, a few of which could have been suitable for habitation. The site is at ground level on the edge of the hill and looks outwards into trees.
Brief description of art: The art consists of a set of concentric half circles open at the top and they are overlain by a few horizontal and vertical lines.
Mwela West LV
Site
Brief description of site: The site is on a small protected surface (1m2) on an outlying boulder at the base of a rocky hill. The site is at ground level and easily accessible. There is no shelter at the site. The site looks outwards into another rocky hill and has a limited view.
Brief description of art: The art is all applied by a finger in red. The central motif is a vertical line with small attached horizontal lines splaying downwards at regular intervals. There are also various rows of dots.
Mwela West LVI
Site
Brief description of site: The site is on a 2m2 surface on large boulder that is slightly raised on a hill side. The site is easily accessible with no shelter. Looking outwards, into another rocky hill, limited view.
Brief description of art: The art is very faded and consists of a filled red blob and the original shape is unclear. There is a set of parallel lines joining at base as well as various rows of dots.
Mwela West LXI
Site
Brief description of site: The site is on a small secluded rock shelter recessed into a hillside. The floor is scattered with rocks that allow pleasant shaded and sheltered seating but not habitation. The images are on a concealed face near the entrance and can only be seen while entering the shelter.
Brief description of art: The art consists of 9 rows of dots. The number of dots in each row varies between 8 and 11. All the images are applied by a finger in similar hand suggestive of execution in single sitting.
Mwela West LXII
Site
Brief description of site: The site is on a large rock-face (15m2) and is protected by a good overhang. The site is on the edge of a hill looking out into trees. The site is easily accessible but has very limited shade or shelter, only visible to someone passing nearby. The rock is quite dark pink in colour.
Brief description of art: The art consists of a filled spread-eagled motif executed by a finger in red. There are various horizontal rows of dots and a vertical set of horizontally dragged dots as well as various vertical lines and sets of short parallel vertical lines applied by a finger in red.
Mwela West LXIV
Site
Brief description of site: The site is on a 2m2 well protected surface on a boulder situated on the edge of a hill looking into trees towards Twaluba. There is a limited shade as well as no shelter and is easily accessible.
Brief description of art: The art is varied and including: A large vertical sausage shape which curves to the right at its top and fades out at its base, divided internally by many horizontal bars. There are 2 circles, many horizontal rows of dots and sets of short vertical parallel lines all applied by finger in red. There is also a set of very small concentric circles at the comer of a triangle of dots and dragged dots applied by a brush in purple. Furthermore there is also a half circle open at the base with a single vertical internal division applied using wide filled lines, uniquely decorated by leaving small unpainted horizontal bars evenly spread within each line. There is also a unique complex design that appears like a stencil drawn around the outside of an object.
Mwela West LXIX
Site
Brief description of site: The surface is on a flat clean surface on a rock-face but it is poorly protected. The site is hidden by boulders in the front otherwise it looks into trees. There is no shade or shelter and is easily accessible.
Brief description of art: The art contains 2 large filled animals of uncertain species with fat rounded bodies, stumpy stick legs and a short stick tail. Each animal has had sections eroded away. Where the head of one of the animals would be expected there is a crack within the rock. There are suggestions of a third older large animal under these. On the top of the bottom animal is a smaller filled animal simple but more naturalistic in form also of uncertain species. All animals were applied by a brush in red. At the top of the panel there are a few rows of dots and at the base is a half circle open at its base with a single vertical internal division applied by a finger in red.