An archaeological study of the Zimbabwe culture capital of Khami, south-western Zimbabwe

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dc.contributor.advisorChirikure, Shadrecken_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorHall, Simonen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMukwende, Tawandaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-26T13:38:00Z
dc.date.available2017-01-26T13:38:00Z
dc.date.issued2016en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis study sought to understand the archaeology of the Zimbabwe Culture capital of Khami through synchronic and diachronic analyses of its material culture. The research employed a number of methodological approaches that included a review of historic documents, surveying and mapping, excavations, museum collection analysis, and artefact studies, in order to collect datasets from various sections of the site, including the walled and the nonwalled areas. The main indication is that there is a great deal of similarity in material culture distribution across the whole site. An analysis of objects by stratigraphic sequence exposes continuity and change in local and imported objects. Dry stone-wall architectural data suggests that the site was constructed over a long period, with construction motivated by a number of expansionary factors. The study confirms that Khami began as a fully developed cultural unit, with no developmental trajectory recorded at Mapungubwe or Great Zimbabwe, where earlier ceramic units influenced later ones. Consequently, this study cautiously suggests that Khami represents a continuity with the Woolandale chiefdoms that settled in the south-western parts of the country and in the adjacent areas of Botswana. On the basis of the chronological and material culture evidence, Khami is unlikely to have emerged out of Great Zimbabwe. However, more research is needed to confirm these emergent conclusions, and to better understand the chronological and spatial relationships between not just Woolandale and Khami sites but also Khami and the multiple Khami-type sites scattered across southern Zambezia.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMukwende, T. (2016). <i>An archaeological study of the Zimbabwe culture capital of Khami, south-western Zimbabwe</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Archaeology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23409en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMukwende, Tawanda. <i>"An archaeological study of the Zimbabwe culture capital of Khami, south-western Zimbabwe."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Archaeology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23409en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMukwende, T. 2016. An archaeological study of the Zimbabwe culture capital of Khami, south-western Zimbabwe. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Mukwende, Tawanda AB - This study sought to understand the archaeology of the Zimbabwe Culture capital of Khami through synchronic and diachronic analyses of its material culture. The research employed a number of methodological approaches that included a review of historic documents, surveying and mapping, excavations, museum collection analysis, and artefact studies, in order to collect datasets from various sections of the site, including the walled and the nonwalled areas. The main indication is that there is a great deal of similarity in material culture distribution across the whole site. An analysis of objects by stratigraphic sequence exposes continuity and change in local and imported objects. Dry stone-wall architectural data suggests that the site was constructed over a long period, with construction motivated by a number of expansionary factors. The study confirms that Khami began as a fully developed cultural unit, with no developmental trajectory recorded at Mapungubwe or Great Zimbabwe, where earlier ceramic units influenced later ones. Consequently, this study cautiously suggests that Khami represents a continuity with the Woolandale chiefdoms that settled in the south-western parts of the country and in the adjacent areas of Botswana. On the basis of the chronological and material culture evidence, Khami is unlikely to have emerged out of Great Zimbabwe. However, more research is needed to confirm these emergent conclusions, and to better understand the chronological and spatial relationships between not just Woolandale and Khami sites but also Khami and the multiple Khami-type sites scattered across southern Zambezia. DA - 2016 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2016 T1 - An archaeological study of the Zimbabwe culture capital of Khami, south-western Zimbabwe TI - An archaeological study of the Zimbabwe culture capital of Khami, south-western Zimbabwe UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23409 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/23409
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMukwende T. An archaeological study of the Zimbabwe culture capital of Khami, south-western Zimbabwe. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Archaeology, 2016 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23409en_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.titleAn archaeological study of the Zimbabwe culture capital of Khami, south-western Zimbabween_ZA
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