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resources systems. She advised the
Culture and Heritage Sector on the appropriate measures towards research, conservation, management and promotion of Namibia's cultural heritage resources. She worked closely with local communities to strengthen, encourage and promote their involvement in the preservation and management of their heritage properties. She liaised and collaborated with regional, international heritage professionals and other bodies relating to scientific research and conservation of heritage resources. Her notable scientific and management work is particularly known in the
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Nankela served as the
Chairperson of Namibian National Committee for Human Remains and Heritage Objects (HRC) in the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture Namibia. The committee was tasked to review Namibiaâs current practices for claiming and repatriation of human remains and heritage objects of
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Namibian quaternary and prehistory, prehistoric rock art, geochemistry analysis of rock paintings, geoinformatics, heritage conservation, provenance research, human remains and heritage objects projects management, cultural heritage policy developments, museum exhibitions and museum and cultural
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and prehistory specialist, Nankela founded the RCHS, an innovative centre for
Archaeosciences and Heritage Practice in Namibia. The firm provides independent and professional consultancy services to local and global community. It is a multidisciplinary team of experts in archaeology, maritime
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until 2021. She developed and implemented heritage resource policies and operational guidelines to ensure sustainable utilization and professional conservation. Nankela oversaw the integration of UNESCO's
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Cambuta Health Centre in Cuanza-sul and returned to Namibia just before independence. Nankela studied B.Ed in History and Geography at the University of Namibia and later earned joint Masters and PhD in Quaternary and Prehistory from the
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2017. Rock art and
Landscape: an empirical Analysis in the content, context and distribution of the rock art sites in Omandumba East and West, Erongo Region-Namibia. PhD Thesis, Paris, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle en
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Namibian origin held in foreign institutions as well as the development of comprehensive set of national guidelines and a national policy for the handling and managing the remains and heritage objects in
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2014. Rock Art and cultural
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2016. Alma
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2016. Style, techniques and graphic expression of
Omandumba Rock Art Sites in Erongo Mountain, Namibia.publication description. British Archaeological Reports S2787.
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2020. Calcium oxalate radiocarbon dating: preliminary tests to date rock art of decorated open-air caves of Erongo Mountains in Namibia.Cambridge University Press.
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