Research Catalog

Title

The terrace builders of Nyanga / Robert Soper.

Author

Soper, R. C. (Robert C.)

Publication

Harare : Weaver Press, 2006.

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Details

Description

vi, 82 p. : ill., maps, plans; 25 cm.

Summary

• "The stone ruins of the Nyanga area of eastern Zimbabwe have aroused much interest since they were first reported to the outside world at the end of the 19th century. Early fanciful speculations about their meaning have slowly given way to better understanding based on archaeological research, most recently by the University of Zimbabwe in co-operation with the National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe and the British Institute in Eastern Africa." "The ruins represent the remains of family homesteads and extensive stone-built agricultural terraces. Successive stages of development have been traced, starting with settlements on some of the highest peaks around AD 1300 and expanding gradually for five centuries to cover an area of over 5000 square kilometres."
• "These stages show how the farming community adapted to and exploited the opportunities offered by the varied environments of the Nyanga highlands and lowlands to develop a specialised agricultural system integrating cultivation and livestock. In this book, Robert Soper sets out the accumulated knowledge and understanding of the old Nyanga society, in particular the significance of its agricultural works to which the landscape bears eloquent witness."--Jacket.

Subject

• Geschichte 1300-1900
• Nyanga (African people) > Antiquities
• Nyanga (African people) > Agriculture > History
• Terracing > Zimbabwe > Inyanga Region
• Excavations (Archaeology) > Zimbabwe > Inyanga Region
• Inyanga Region (Zimbabwe) > Antiquities

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 80-82).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The Nyanga complex -- Settlement sites and the development of the complex -- Agricultural works and water management -- Agricultural economy -- Society in the Nyanga complex.

ISBN

• 1779220618 (pbk.)
• 9781779220615 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2007380025

OCLC

• 85162787
• SCSB-10416389

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library