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Session 2 – Wiltshire – Lessons learnt from eCRAG

The COSMO-ART Conference on Rock Art Rock Art Site Management in Southern Africa: Towards a Cosmopolitan Approach 30 Nov. – 5 Dec. 2025, Sol Plaatje University, Kimberley, South Africa Session 2 – 4 December 2025 Nicholas Wiltshire (OpenHeritage NPC) & Juliette Lily Rabie (University of Cape Town) – Lessons learnt from eCRAG, a group of volunteers documenting rock art in the Cederberg region and now South Africa’s most prolific rock art recording group The eastern Cederberg Rock Art Group (eCRAG) was formed in 2007 and has documented nearly 2000 rock art sites in the Cederberg region of the Western Cape Province of South Africa. The group of volunteers consists of a small number of archaeologists leading the excursions and members of the South African Archaeological Society (ArchSoc). More recently, archaeology students from the University of Cape Town have become part of eCRAG and are assisting in the rock art surveys and organisational needs of the group. The team utilises a number of free open source tools such as QGIS and the KoboForm Recording App, which works on all smartphones in order to upload and store the data recorded on South Africa’s national heritage management system, SAHRIS. eCRAG is aiming to record for another 20 years to locate the remaining estimate of 4000 sites in the region. The paper will cover the lessons learnt by the group over the last 18 years with the hope that other archaeologists will set up their own recording groups in other areas of the country. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this talk are those of the speakers and are based on their scientific research. They do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of the conference organisers.