Pots and politics

Ceramic classifications may be particularly informative when seeking to understand the manner in which the contemporary environment moulds archaeological interpretations. Methods of ceramic classification used for southern African Iron Age material have been drawn from both British and American archaeology and, although there are superficial differences in technique, both approaches have a similar perception of the nature of Iron Age society. In this model, ceramic cultures and traditions are identified with tribes and the assumptions of colonial ethnography perpetuated. It is suggested that this style of interpretation reflects a general, heightened ethnic awareness in southern Africa

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• Hall, Martin (Historical Archaeology)

  Open Access•Natalie Swanepoel•Encyclopedia Of Global Archaeology•2018

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• Isotopic Evidence for Diets of Prehistoric Farmers in South Africa

  J A Lee‐thorp, Julia A Lee-Thorp et al.•Prehistoric Human Bone•1993

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• Archaeological implications of ethnographically grounded functional study of pottery from Nyanga, Zimbabwe

  Open Access•Robert T Nyamushosho, Shadreck Chirikure•Quaternary International•2020

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• Chapter 2. Stone by stone

  Open Access•Maria H Schoeman•Archeological Papers of the…•2024

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• Consuming the Past

  Seke Katsamudanga•Public Archaeology•2015

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• Excavating Ephemeral Remains of Life in a Time of Witchcraft

  Open Access•Maria H Schoeman•International Journal of…•2013

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• Finding Their Place in the Swahili World

  Matthew Pawlowicz, Matthew Christopher Pawlowicz•Libra•2011

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• Towards a Socialised Archaeology of Ceramics in Great Lakes Africa

  Open Access•Ceri Z Ashley, C Ashley•African Archaeological Review•2010

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• Descent of Iron Age Farmers in Southern Africa During the Last 2000 Years

  Open Access•Shaw Badenhorst•African Archaeological Review•2010

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• Taking Southern African Ceramic Studies into the Twenty-First Century

  Open Access•Innocent Pikirayi•African Archaeological Review•1999

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• Forming and Shaping Pottery Boundaries in Contemporary South-Eastern Botswana

  Open Access•Phenyo C Thebe, Karim Sadr•African Archaeological Review•2017

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• Repatriating more than Mapungubwe human remains

  Maria H Schoeman, Innocent Pikirayi•Journal of Contemporary African…•2011

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• New Perspectives on Early Regional Interaction Networks of East African Trade

  Open Access•David K Wright•African Archaeological Review•2005

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• Slow Revolution’ in Southern Africa

  Open Access•Raevin Jimenez•The Journal of African History•2020

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• Reading the Rocks and Reviewing Red Herrings

  Peter Delius, Maria Schoeman et al.•African Studies•2010

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• Mtanye revisited

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• Pottery decoration in contemporary southeastern Botswana

  Phenyo C Thebe, Karim Sadr•Azania Archaeological Research in…•2017

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• Archaeology and modes of production in pre-colonial Southern Africa

  Martin Hall•Journal of Southern African Studies•1987

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• Race and Iron age human skeletal remains from Southern Africa

  Martin Hall, Alan Morris•Social Dynamics•1983

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• Households, Community, and Crafting at Kanono

  Open Access•Zach Mckeeby, Zachary Mckeeby et al.•Journal of Anthropological…•2024

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• Iron age communities of the southern Highveld

  T M O'C Maggs•Iron age communities of the…•1976

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• The politics of the indigenous minority

  Open Access•Peter J Ucko•Journal of Biosocial Science•1983

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• Great Zimbabwe, Mashonaland, Rhodesia

  Open Access•R N Hall•1905

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• Background to Evolution in Africa

  Walter W Clark J Desmond Bishop•Background to Evolution in Africa•1968

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• Rise of Anthropological Theory

  Marvin Harris, Maxine L Margolis•Rise of Anthropological Theory•2001

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• Indo-Africa

  Merrick Posnansky, Cyril A Hromník•The American Historical Review•1984

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• Tribes, Traditions and Numbers

  Martin Hall•The South African Archaeological…•1983

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• The Excavations of Four Caves near Johannesburg

  Revil Mason, Revil J Mason•The South African Archaeological…•1951

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• The Indian Connection

  Martin Hall, C H Borland•The South African Archaeological…•1982

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• Gokomere Pottery from the Tunnel Site, Gokomere Mission

  T N Huffman•The South African Archaeological…•1976

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• Settlement Patterns in the Iron Age of Zululand

  T M Evers, Martin Hall•The South African Archaeological…•1983

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• Further Excavations in the Iron Age Deposits at the Tunnel Site, Gokomere Hill, Southern Rhodesia

  K R Robinson, J C Shee et al.•The South African Archaeological…•1963

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• Armchair Archaeology

  Roger Summers•The South African Archaeological…•1950

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• Mapungubwe 1935-1940

  G A Gardner, George Gardner•The South African Archaeological…•1955

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• The Leopard's Kopje Culture, Its Position in the Iron Age of Southern Rhodesia

  K R Robinson•The South African Archaeological…•1966

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• The Early Iron Age and the Spread of the Bantu

  T N Huffman•The South African Archaeological…•1970

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• South African Iron Age Pottery from the Southern Transvaal

  Revil Mason•The South African Archaeological…•1952

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• Iron Age Cultures in Southern Rhodesia

  Roger Summers•The South African Archaeological…•1951

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• Forty Years' Progress in Iron Age Studies in Rhodesia, 1929-69

  Roger Summers•The South African Archaeological…•1970

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• Some recent radiocarbon dates from Southern Africa

  Open Access•Martin Hall, J C Vogel•The Journal of African History•1980

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• The Rise and Fall of Zimbabwe

  Open Access•T N Huffman•The Journal of African History•1972

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• The Iron Age Sequence South of the Vaal and Pongola Rivers

  Open Access•Tim Maggs•The Journal of African History•1980

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• The Mobilization of Labour and the Production of Knowledge

  Open Access•Terence Ranger•The Journal of African History•1979

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• The Phalaborwa story

  Nikolaas J Van Der Merwe, Robert T Scully et al.•World Archaeology•1971

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• Apartheid Power and Historical Falsification

  Sheridan John, Sheridan Johns et al.•The International Journal of…•1983

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• Hill-Forts

  Open Access•Christopher Hawkes•Antiquity•1931

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• Prehistory and Ideology in Zimbabwe

  Open Access•P S Garlake•Africa•1982

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• Culture Area and Co-Tradition

  Irving Rouse•Southwestern Journal of…•1957

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• Ceramics, classification and Iron Age entities

  T N Huffman•African Studies•1980

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