Dr Catherine Namono is a senior lecturer School of Geography, Archaeology & Environmental studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and long-term collaborator of Dr Davies, Professor Lane, Dr Merlo and others. She was a Newton Trust Visiting Fellow of the Centre of African Studies, a Visiting Research Fellow, Wolfson College Cambridge, and a Visiting Fellow of the MacDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge (2023-24). Her research focus is on developing an understanding of the complex symbolism of rock art in Africa based on an understanding of the worldview, indigenous values and rituals of life of the people who made the rock art. Her doctoral work offered a notable interpretation of the geometric rock art of Uganda and unlocked our understanding of how Pygmy groups experienced their cosmos by demonstrating connections of rock art in Pygmy thought to explain their symbolism. Catherine is interested in extending such understanding of rock art and explores how present communities provide new symbolism and meaning to the rock art they encounter in Uganda and South Africa. Dr Namono is passionate about approaches that include consciousness and perceptions of landscape of past and present communities. She works widely across heritage management and conservation, community heritage tourism, archives and collections, and the inclusion of marginalised voices in archaeological knowledge.