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Mapungubwe

a complex of archaeological cultures in South Africa named after the cliff on the Limpopo River near Messina.

Mapungubwe was discovered by treasure hunters in 1929 and investigated between 1931 and 1934. Traces of a culture from the early Iron Age (c. eighth to 12th centuries) were found on the cliff and in its vicinity. The culture was characterized by modeled stamped pottery, small iron arrowheads, and iron hoes. The population engaged in primitive hoe farming and in stock raising and hunting. A fortification on the cliff, dating from approximately the 14th to 17th centuries, belonged to a culture of the developed Iron Age that had polished pottery, numerous objects made of iron, and gold ornaments. The population of this later stage also engaged in farming and stock raising. The late culture of Mapungubwe most likely was a variant of the Zimbabwe culture.

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Fadeev, L. A. “Problema proiskhozhdeniia kul’tury Zimbabve.” Sovetskaia etnografiia, 1960, no. 2.
Fouché, L. Mapungubwe: Ancient Bantu Civilisation on the Limpopo. London, 1937.

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Projects from across Europe, North America, Canada, Africa and Asia received awards at the ceremony held in London where infinity beat off the Richmond Olympic Oval Roof in Canada, Mapungubwe National Park Interpretive Centre, South Africa and Te Puni Village, New Zealand alongside some of the UK's biggest projects this year including The Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum and the Serpentine Gallery Summer Pavilion in London, to win the top award.

Infinity is the talk of the town by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)

From pre-colonial times and the rule of indigenous African empires of Munhumutapa, Mapungubwe, and Rozvi, the Mozambican coastline was and still is the conduit through which these once mighty empires and today's Southern African states, trade with Europe and Asia.

Stabilising growth, fighting poverty: three SADC member-states, ... by Jere-Malanda, Regina; Mlambo, Tafadzwa Freddy / New African

Mapungubwe Mapungubwe was an African city built atop a dramatic sandstone hill.

World Heritage Sights of South Africa by Gail Kenny / Consumer news, advice, product reviews community