Living on the margin?: The Iron Age communities of Mananzve Hill, Shashi region, South-western Zimbabwe

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dc.contributor.advisorChirikure, Shadrecken_ZA
dc.contributor.authorNyamushosho, Robert Tendaien_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-01T10:09:38Z
dc.date.available2017-06-01T10:09:38Z
dc.date.issued2017en_ZA
dc.description.abstractIn 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.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationNyamushosho, R. T. (2017). <i>Living on the margin?: The Iron Age communities of Mananzve Hill, Shashi region, South-western Zimbabwe</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Archaeology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24451en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationNyamushosho, Robert Tendai. <i>"Living on the margin?: The Iron Age communities of Mananzve Hill, Shashi region, South-western Zimbabwe."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Archaeology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24451en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationNyamushosho, R. 2017. Living on the margin?: The Iron Age communities of Mananzve Hill, Shashi region, South-western Zimbabwe. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Nyamushosho, Robert Tendai AB - 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. DA - 2017 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2017 T1 - Living on the margin?: The Iron Age communities of Mananzve Hill, Shashi region, South-western Zimbabwe TI - Living on the margin?: The Iron Age communities of Mananzve Hill, Shashi region, South-western Zimbabwe UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24451 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/24451
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationNyamushosho RT. Living on the margin?: The Iron Age communities of Mananzve Hill, Shashi region, South-western Zimbabwe. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Archaeology, 2017 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24451en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Archaeologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherArchaeologyen_ZA
dc.titleLiving on the margin?: The Iron Age communities of Mananzve Hill, Shashi region, South-western Zimbabween_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMPhilen_ZA
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