Abstract The commissioning by South Africa’s Department of Water and Sanitation of a new and higher wall for the Clanwilliam Dam will increase dam storage and provide additional water for emerging and existing commercial farmers. But there is a cost to South African heritage. The raising of the wall will flood 27 rock art sites as well as other archaeological and historical resources. In partial mitigation of this impact on heritage the removal of particular pieces of rock art was approved by Heritage Western Cape, the provincial heritage agency. This report focuses on the removal process and techniques used to cut out three pieces of rock art under the management of PGS Heritage between 18 April 2016 and 7 May 2016 from the sites designated CDE02 and CDW10. Publication of the techniques used and the procedures followed will add to the sparse literature on rock art removal and increase the accessibility and availability of information about the removed stones.

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南非西开普省Clanwilliam大坝墙的抬高对岩石艺术的去除：技术和程序

摘要南非水和卫生部委托对Clanwilliam大坝新建高墙，这将增加大坝的蓄水量，并为新兴和现有的商业农民提供更多的水。但是南非的遗产需要付出代价。隔离墙的抬高将淹没27个岩石艺术遗址以及其他考古和历史资源。为了部分减轻对遗产的影响，省级遗产机构西开普省（Heritage Western Cape）批准移除某些岩石艺术品。本报告重点介绍了在PGS Heritage管理下于2016年4月18日至2016年5月7日之间从指定为CDE02和CDW10的场地中切割出三块岩石艺术品的去除工艺和技术。