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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Great Zimbabwe"”.
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Nhoroondo muridzi wayo: the changing nature of archaeological research and heritage management at Great Zimbabwe
… changing nature of archaeological research at Great Zimbabwe World Heritage Site and its interface with surrounding communities, using a framework provided by de-colonial thinking. De-colonial discourses urge the discipline to overcome its colonial inheritance in favour of a more inclusive …
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Circulation of copper and copper alloys in hinterland southern Africa: material evidence from Great Zimbabwe (1000-1700CE)
… provenance of copper and copper alloys used at Great Zimbabwe (1000-1700CE) to infer local and regional circulation circuits. It employs archaeological, archival, and geochemical methods to characterize samples of 26 wound wire bracelets, bangles, anklets, necklaces, and other forms of …
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A comparison of the commoner material culture to that of the elite material culture at Great Zimbabwe
… Wall, believed to be the commoner area at Great Zimbabwe. The methodology used in this study combined archival with artefact studies and archaeological field work. The study aimed to acquire an understanding of the uses at the commoner area at Great Zimbabwe. Focus was aimed at material …
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Straight from the cow's mouth: investigating procurement and management strategies in cattle supplied to Great Zimbabwe using a multi-isotopic approach
Great Zimbabwe was the centre of an ancient Shona state from AD1200- 1700. It is known for its magnificent architecture and involvement in long-distance (intercontinental) and local (inter-regional) trade. In this society, cattle were vitally important in social, economic and political spheres. …
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Archaeological collections as a prime research asset: objects and Great Zimbabwe's past
… lifeways of second-millennium AD inhabitants of Great Zimbabwe through the analyses of material objects housed in museums. Great Zimbabwe comprises walled stone enclosures and non-walled settlements covering approximately 720ha. A number of data acquisition techniques, such as desktop survey, …
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Does similarity equal relationship? An archaeological study of Tsindi, a Dzimbahwe site in North-eastern Zimbabwe
Traditionally, archaeological sites making up the Zimbabwe culture were studied using old Childean understanding to the extent that all sites that are smaller than Great Zimbabwe were viewed as lesser important places under its hegemony. Using African centred frameworks, this study represents an …
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States, agency, and power on the ‘peripheries': exploring the archaeology of the later Iron Age societies in precolonial Mberengwa, CE 1300-1600s
… most research foci were accorded to Mapungubwe, Great Zimbabwe, Khami, Danamombe and many other places considered as centres (mizinda) of expansive territorial states. However, landscapes away from, and in-between these states and their centres are traditionally viewed as ‘peripheries' where …
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An archaeological study of the Zimbabwe culture capital of Khami, south-western Zimbabwe
… sought to understand the archaeology of the Zimbabwe Culture capital of Khami through synchronic and diachronic analyses of its material culture. The research employed a number of methodological approaches that included a review of historic documents, surveying and mapping, excavations, …
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Technological, social and economic aspects of gold production and use by the iron age people of Southern Africa
… addressed; Mapungubwe (1 ath - 13th century AD), Great Zimbabwe (12th - 15th century AD) and Thulamela (l4th - 17th century AD). Previous descriptions of the fabrication technology of southern African gold exist, but this is the first, systematic study of all three assemblages. The fabrication …
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Visualising Southern African late iron age settlements in the digital age
… of four settlements, namely: Mapungubwe, Khami, Great Zimbabwe, and Bokoni. It is proposed that as with the authority of Eurocentric 'formative interpretations' of LIAS research currently under review, visualisations accompanying LIAS also need to be critically relooked at within appropriate …
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Glass beads as indicators of contact and trade in Southern Africa ca. AD 900 - AD 1250
… in the formation of an incipient state at Great Zimbabwe (AD 1250-1450) from precursors at Mapungubwe and related sites. This period corresponds in time with an important episode in Islamic history, when Muslims conquered Egypt and the Fatimids moved their capital eastwards, in AD 969, from …