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Journal articles on the topic "Archaeology – Zimbabwe"

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Huffman, Thomas N. "Revisiting Great Zimbabwe." Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa 45, no. 3 (December 2010): 321–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0067270x.2010.521679.

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Cooke, C. K. "Slave Artefacts from Zimbabwe?" South African Archaeological Bulletin 43, no. 148 (December 1988): 125. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3888627.

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Mukwende, Tawanda. "An archaeological study of the Zimbabwe Culture capital of Khami, southwestern Zimbabwe." Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa 52, no. 1 (November 24, 2016): 132. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0067270x.2016.1261812.

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Huffman, Thomas N., and J. C. Vogel. "The Chronology of Great Zimbabwe." South African Archaeological Bulletin 46, no. 154 (December 1991): 61. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3889086.

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Beach, David. "Cognitive Archaeology and Imaginary History at Great Zimbabwe." Current Anthropology 39, no. 1 (February 1998): 47–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/204698.

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Pikirayi, Innocent, and Gilbert Pwiti. "States, traders, and colonists: Historical archaeology in Zimbabwe." Historical Archaeology 33, no. 2 (June 1999): 73–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf03374294.

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Waarden, Catrien Van. "Matanga, a Late Zimbabwe Cattle Post." South African Archaeological Bulletin 42, no. 146 (December 1987): 107. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3888736.

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Huffman, Thomas N. "Ritual Space in the Zimbabwe Culture." Ethnoarchaeology 6, no. 1 (February 22, 2014): 4–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/1944289013z.0000000008.

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Fontein, Joost. "Reclaiming Great Zimbabwe: progressive or regressive decoloniality?" Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa 56, no. 3 (July 3, 2021): 400–414. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0067270x.2021.1957274.

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Garlake, P. S. "Symbols of Potency in the Paintings of Zimbabwe." South African Archaeological Bulletin 45, no. 151 (June 1990): 17. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3887914.

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Mukwende, Tawanda. "An archaeological study of the Zimbabwe culture capital of Khami, south-western Zimbabwe." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23409.

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This study 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, museum collection analysis, and artefact studies, in order to collect datasets from various sections of the site, including the walled and the nonwalled areas. The main indication is that there is a great deal of similarity in material culture distribution across the whole site. An analysis of objects by stratigraphic sequence exposes continuity and change in local and imported objects. Dry stone-wall architectural data suggests that the site was constructed over a long period, with construction motivated by a number of expansionary factors. The study confirms that Khami began as a fully developed cultural unit, with no developmental trajectory recorded at Mapungubwe or Great Zimbabwe, where earlier ceramic units influenced later ones. Consequently, this study cautiously suggests that Khami represents a continuity with the Woolandale chiefdoms that settled in the south-western parts of the country and in the adjacent areas of Botswana. On the basis of the chronological and material culture evidence, Khami is unlikely to have emerged out of Great Zimbabwe. However, more research is needed to confirm these emergent conclusions, and to better understand the chronological and spatial relationships between not just Woolandale and Khami sites but also Khami and the multiple Khami-type sites scattered across southern Zambezia.
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House, Michelle. "The archaeology of Mapela Hill, South-Western Zimbabwe." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20527.

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The Middle Iron Age in southern Africa has long been associated with the development of class distinction and state formation. However, most research focus has been on K2 and Mapungubwe in the Middle Limpopo Valley, the presumed first state capitals of the region. Mapela Hill is a site located outside the Middle Limpopo in south western Zimbabwe. Preliminary excavations at the summit of the hill by Peter Garlake in 1968 has resulted in archaeologists drawing contrasting conclusions about the position of the site in the development of complexity in the region. The problem is that we do not have sufficient evidence to support nor deny these theories. As a result of excavations from the foot of the hill to the hill summit, this study has used a combination of theories and analyses in order to classify the material cultural objects recovered at Mapela Hill. Ceramic studies have been used to identify the cultural groups which occupied the site, and tight radiocarbon dates were established, giving insight to the chronology of the site. The results showed that Mapela Hill was occupied by the same groups as at Mapungubwe Hill, contains vast revetment stone walling, successions of thick solid dhaka hut floors and an abundance of traded glass beads; attributes which collectively signify state formation in the region. The radiocarbon dates revealed that the site was occupied before, during and after the abandonment of Mapungubwe Hill. These results call for more research at relatively unknown sites in the region as a progression towards new frameworks for the development of state formation in the Shashe Limpopo confluence
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Gray, Jean Mary. "Understanding the farming community sequence from the Mateke Hills, South-East Lowveld, Zimbabwe." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4173.

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Schenck, Catherine. "Interaction, integration, and innovation at the 17th century feira of Dambarare, northern Zimbabwe." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26944.

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Several feiras (or trading towns) were established north and south of the Zambezi River towards the end of the 16th and early 17th centuries. Those feiras south of the Zambezi were mercantile and domestic settlements built by the Mutapa state and the Portuguese, and acted as points of contact between foreign and local traders. Dambarare, one of the more important feiras of the 17th century, was excavated in 1967 and the archive subsequently grew due to development activities in the region. In nearly fifty years, no-one has considered this archive as a whole, and few questions have been asked about the nature of the relationships between its inhabitants, and between them and their neighbours. The archival records are considered to better understand the site, and the objects are approached by considering their ability to show multivocality and entanglement at a site where various people were converging. The themes of interaction, integration, and innovation at this contact site are put to the fore in this dissertation. The results of the study point to a much more complex settlement and manner of interaction than previously understood. It does not seem as though changes and adaptations were brought on by force from one group at the site, but rather choices were deliberate, whether by choice or necessity. These interactions indicate a complex negotiation and creolisation that occurred between the various identities at the feira. These interpretations then fit into a larger attempt in the archaeology of the region to better understand the role of hinterland communities in the Indian Ocean Trade System, and to change existing opinions of such sites and their peopling. This dissertation attempts, therefore, to show that at a Zambezian hinterland site such as Dambarare, people were not merely passive receptors, but rather active agents in the changes that occurred, as well as causing their foreign counterparts to adapt to them.
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Scholfield, Jordan Ryan. "Exploring Networks of Interaction at the Iron Age Site of Mtanye, South Western Zimbabwe." Master's thesis, Faculty of Science, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/11427/31815.

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Networks of interaction as well as community formation have been widely researched within Southern Zambezian archaeology of the early second millennium A.D. Despite this, research into these communities is often asymmetrical with objects delegated a passive role in the formation of not only networks of interaction but also socio-material development. Further, research tends to focus on society as the source of action in these processes. Using the site of Mtanye, the aim of this study is to create a relational ontology in which agency is distributed among heterogenous entities. Moreover, this study attempts to demonstrate how networks of interaction might have shaped this community. Mtanye is a Leopard’s Kopje phase 2 site with stratified Transitional K2 (1200-1250 A.D.) and Mapungubwe (1250-1300) deposit. This site has further been placed into the wider conventional narrative as being evidence for the expansion of the Mapungubwe state. In order to recreate the networks of interaction that were present at Mtanye, Actor-Network Theory informed in part by the ethno-historical record was enlisted. The results of this study show that Mtanye has hill occupation, stone walling and access to prestige goods, characteristics conventionally not ascribed to periphery sites. Further, the results of this study suggest that it is more prudent to view the socio-material development of Mtanye, not in terms of the political or economic expansion of a hegemonic power but rather as a product of heterogeneous networks of interaction. This study may further provide a framework for understanding socio-material development and networks of interaction during the early second millennium A.D. in Southern Zambezia.
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Nyamushosho, Robert Tendai. "Living on the margin?: The Iron Age communities of Mananzve Hill, Shashi region, South-western Zimbabwe." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24451.

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In conventional reconstructions of the Iron Age archaeology of southern Africa, drylands have long been viewed as marginal landscapes that did not host any significant agropastoral communities in the past. Against this background, this study explores the discourse of dryland marginality in southern Zambezia using the Shashi region as a case study. Archaeological surveys and excavations were conducted to retrieve reliable data for establishing the settlement history and adaptation strategies of Iron Age communities that lived in this landscape. The study was guided by the concepts of vulnerability, adaptation and resilience, as well as landscape archaeology. Results from excavations conducted at Mananzve, one of the surveyed and excavated sites, show that this part of the Shashi region has a long settlement history spanning the Early Iron Age and the Later Iron Age. Analyses of the recovered material culture shows that Iron Age communities that resided at Mananzve adapted various methods of indigenous dryland agriculture to maintain food security. These findings show that adaptation is context-specific and challenge the designation of drylands such as the Shashi region as 'marginal', since that term undermines the adaptive capacity and resilience of Iron Age communities.
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Sonnenberg, Liesl. "A comparison of the commoner material culture to that of the elite material culture at Great Zimbabwe." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25526.

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This dissertation presents the results of a study done on the area situated outside of the Outer Perimeter 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 culture used by the underclass to understand how it compares with that of the upper class. The comparison between the elite and non-elite areas showed that there was not a large difference between the material cultures. The ceramic analysis showed an expansion of Great Zimbabwe over time. These results are important and offer a new perspective on the social stratigraphy of the Great Zimbabwe civilization. The differences found related to objects of power, such as stone walling and soapstone artefacts; these objects only being seen in the elite areas. This study offers a new perspective in the analysis of Great Zimbabwe, and the methodology could be used as a foundation for future studies of ancient civilizations world-wide.
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Chiripanhura, Pauline. "Archaeological collections as a prime research asset: objects and Great Zimbabwe's past." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27947.

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This thesis sought to explore the 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, analyses of museum collections, supplementary field survey and excavations, were employed to collect relevant datasets to address the research questions. The sampling strategy adapted for this research enabled the study of material objects from different components making up Great Zimbabwe. The main conclusions drawn from this study are as follows: (i) Within varying temporal scales, the nature and distribution of local and imported objects are largely similar across the site; (ii) chronologically and typologically speaking, there is evidence that different parts of the site were occupied and abandoned at different times; and (iii) based on the similarities in material objects and associated production debris and infrastructure, it is likely that different components were self-sufficient units. This study has underscored the significance of existing collections in developing new interpretations of Great Zimbabwe's past lifeways, thereby motivating for the need for similar work to understand the hundreds of similar settlements scattered across southern Africa.
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Furberg, Burén Frida. "Great Zimbabwe as Illustrated : A Discourse Analysis of Today's Representation of the Monument." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-413714.

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This study investigates the current discourses of Great Zimbabwe by analysing traces of colonial terminology within present-day literary illustrations. The aim is to identify western ideas and perspectives still dominant within the discourses and explore its implications. By conducting research on how Great Zimbabwe is being illustrated today within academic literature as well as more popular texts, the study demonstrates the role and power of discourse in relation to questions regarding who is authorized to write history and define heritage. Special focus is placed on discourse’s implications on the perception of reality and identity within a context heavily tainted by colonialism. This investigation is a pilot study which hopes to encourage further research on the representation of heritage sites that are vulnerable to political discourses.
Studien undersöker den nuvarande diskursen kring Stora Zimbabwe genom att identifiera och analysera spår från den koloniala terminologin inom dagens litterära illustrationer. Syftet är att urskilja dominanta västerländska idéer och perspektiv inom diskursen och granska dess inflytande. Genom att undersöka hur Stora Zimbabwe illustreras inom dagens akademiska och mer populära litteratur kan studien demonstrera diskursens roll och maktposition, vilket leder till frågor om vem som bär på rätten att definiera historia och kulturarv. Speciellt fokus har lagts på diskursens påverkan vad gäller hur människan uppfattar verkligheten och hur identiteter formas inom den koloniala kontexten. Underökningen är en förstudie som hoppas kunna uppmuntra vidare forskning som behandlar representationen av kulturarv som formats och påverkats av politiska diskurser.
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Machiridza, Lesley H. "Material culture and dialectics of identity and power : towards a historical archaeology of the Rozvi in South-Western Zimbabwe." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30082.

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The desire to attach identities (e.g. ethnic, gender, race, class, nationality etc.) to material culture has always featured at the core of archaeological inquiry. Archaeologists share the view that material culture is an active cultural agent that can reflect complex ideas that operated in the minds of prehistoric agents when carefully examined. These ideas were often shaped by dynamic social interactions and they sometimes manifested through stylistic patterns or material culture variation at archaeological sites. In Zimbabwe, various archaeological identities have been defined but Rozvi identities remain the most problematic. This study, therefore, revisits the Rozvi subject in the light of contemporary ideas on ethnicity, agency and material culture. Rozvi identities are probed from material culture at Khami and Danamombe sites, which are also linked with the Torwa historically, thus historical archaeology largely informs this investigation. Through documentary and fieldwork research results, I found that Rozvi identity construction processes were extremely fluid and sophisticated. Diverse elements of culture (both tangible and intangible) were situationally invoked to mark Rozvi ethnic boundaries. Whilst ceramics at Khami were diverse and complex, Danamombe pottery became more simple, less diverse or homogenous. Polychrome band and panel ware however still occurred at Danamombe, but in very restricted numbers. Perhaps the production and distribution of polychrome wares was controlled by Rozvi elites as part of their ideology and power structures. On the contrary, beads, dry-stone walls, and status symbols became more diversified at Danamombe than at Khami. However, Dhaka structures show no difference between the two research sites, where mundane stylistic differences manifesting at Danamombe, the former Rozvi capital, are perceived as demonstrative of ethnic objectification.
Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2013.
Anthropology and Archaeology
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Books on the topic "Archaeology – Zimbabwe"

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Sinclair, Paul J. J. Excavations at Chivowa Hill, South Central Zimbabwe. Uppsala, Sweden: African Studies Programme, Dept. of Cultural Anthropology, University of Uppsala, 1988.

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Böhmer-Bauer, Kunigunde. Great Zimbabwe: Eine ethnologische Untersuchung. Köln: R. Köppe, 2000.

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Burrett, Robert S. Shadows of our ancestors: Some preliminary notes on the archaeology of Zimbabwe. [Harare: s.n.], 1998.

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Thorp, Carolyn R. Kings, commoners, and cattle at Zimbabwe tradition sites. Harare, Zimbabwe: National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe, 1995.

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Choices and constraints: Animal resource exploitation in south-eastern Zimbabwe c. AD 900-1500. Uppsala, Sweden: Dept. of Archaeology and Ancient History, Uppsala University, 2001.

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Collett, D. P. The archaeological heritage of Zimbabwe: A masterplan for resource conservation and development. [Harare]: National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe, 1991.

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The silence of Great Zimbabwe: Contested landscapes and the power of heritage. Harare: Weaver Press, 2006.

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Chipunza, Kundishora T. A diachronic analysis of the architecture of the Hill Complex at Great Zimbabwe. Uppsala: Societas Archaeologica Upsaliensis, 1994.

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Murray, Emily. Pangolin, pythons and panthers: Faunal remains from KoBulawayo, a 19th century Ndebele capital, western Zimbabwe. Harare, Zimbabwe: Trustees of the National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe, 2008.

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Pikirayi, Innocent. The archaeological identity of the Mutapa State: Towards an historical archaeology of northern Zimbabwe. Uppsala: Societas Archaeologica Upsaliensis, 1993.

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Book chapters on the topic "Archaeology – Zimbabwe"

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Makuvaza, Simon. "Zimbabwe: Cultural Heritage Management." In Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology, 7965–73. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_1167.

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Makuvaza, Simon. "Zimbabwe: Cultural Heritage Management." In Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology, 11426–34. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30018-0_1167.

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Pikirayi, Innocent. "Great Zimbabwe, 1100–1600 AD, Rise, Development and Demise of." In Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology, 1–15. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51726-1_2666-1.

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Pikirayi, Innocent. "Great Zimbabwe, 1100–1600 AD, Rise, Development, and Demise of." In Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology, 4696–709. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30018-0_2666.

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Pikirayi, Innocent. "Less Implict Historical Archaeologies: Oral Traditions and Later Karanga Settlement in South-Central Zimbabwe." In Contributions to Global Historical Archaeology, 243–67. Boston, MA: Springer US, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8863-8_9.

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Makuvaza, Simon, and Violah Makuvaza. "Zimbabwe’s World Heritage Sites." In Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology, 7973–81. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_1963.

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Makuvaza, Simon, and Violah Makuvaza. "Zimbabwe’s World Heritage Sites." In Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology, 11434–42. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30018-0_1963.

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"Zimbabwe." In Encyclopedic Dictionary of Archaeology, 1515–16. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58292-0_260042.

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"Great Zimbabwe." In Encyclopedic Dictionary of Archaeology, 549. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58292-0_70325.

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"GREAT ZIMBABWE AND THE LOST CITY." In Theory in Archaeology, 49–66. Routledge, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203973288-10.

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