The Zimbabwe Culture: Origins and Decline of Southern Zambezian StatesRowman Altamira, 15.7.2002 - 336 sivua Offering a unique and original perspective on the rise and fall of indigenous states of southern Zambezia, The Zimbabwe Culture analyzes the long contentious history of the remains of the remarkable cyclopean masonry, ranging from mighty capitals of traditional kings to humble farmsteads. Forming a cornerstone of the geographical lore of Africa in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, debate on the origins, development, and collapse of the Zimbabwe culture has never ceased, and with increasing archaeological research over the twentieth century, has become more complex. Thoroughly examining the growth and decline of pre-colonial states on the entire Zimbabwean Plateau and southern Zambezia, Dr. Pikirayi has contributed tremendously towards the archaeological understanding of this extraordinary culture. The Zimbabwe Culture is essential reading for all students and avocationalists of African archaeology, history, and culture. |
Muita painoksia - Näytä kaikki
The Zimbabwe Culture: Origins and Decline of Southern Zambezian States Innocent Pikirayi Rajoitettu esikatselu - 2001 |
Yleiset termit ja lausekkeet
agricultural Archaeology Beach Botswana Bulawayo capital Carl Mauch cattle central Africa ceramics Changamire chiefdoms communities copper Danangombe descent groups dhaka drought early east eastern economic elite environment environmental farmers farming Garlake GB GB glass beads gold Harare hill complex houses Huffman important Indian Ocean iron ivory Karanga Khami land Leopard's Kopje lifeway Limpopo lineage long-distance trade lower Zambezi Manyika Mapungubwe Massapa Mazowe ment mfecane Mount Fura Mudenge Musengezi Mutapa Mwenezi Ndebele Nguni nineteenth century northern Zimbabwe pattern Pikirayi political population Portuguese pottery prazo precolonial Pwiti rainfall region Rhodesia ritual River Rozvi savanna Schroda settlements seventeenth century Shashe Shashe-Limpopo basin Shona sixteenth century social societies Sofala soils south-central southern Africa southern Zambezia southwest stone buildings suggest Swahili Swahili coast territory Theal tion Torwa town traditional University of Zimbabwe villages Vogel wealth Zambezi valley Zhizo Zimba Zimbabwe Culture Zimbabwe plateau