Inside and outside the dry stone walls

Revisiting the material culture of Great Zimbabwe

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4886718
AutoresShadreck Chirikure (0000-0002-2183-4253, University of Cape Town), Innocent Pikirayi (0000-0002-9598-7631, University of Pretoria)
Año2008
Volumen82
Número318
Páginas976-993
Fecha de publicación2008-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAntiquity (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0003598x00097726
OpenAlexW2123017890
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas60
Referencias citadas24

Any study of Great Zimbabwe has to rely a great deal on re-examining and re-assessing the work of early investigators, the men who removed all the most important finds from the ruins and stripped them of so much of their deposits' (Garlake 1973: 14). The authors have here done us a great service in reviewing the surviving archaeological evidence from this world famous site. They challenge the structuralist interpretation - in which different parts of the site were allocated to kings, priests, wives or to circumcision rituals - and use the architectural, stratigraphic and artefactual evidence accumulated over the years to present a new sequence. The early enclosures on the hill, the Great Enclosure and the valley enclosures now appear as the work of successive rulers, each founding a new residence and power centre in accord with Shona practice

Archaeology · Interpretation (philosophy) · Power (physics) · Residence · Shona · Sociology · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Demography · History