The Emergence of Social and Political Complexity in the Shashi-Limpopo Valley of Southern Africa, AD 900 to 1300: Ethnicity, class and polity

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This work explains the rise of social and political complexity in the area of the confluence of the Shashi and Limpopo Rivers in southern Africa between around AD 900 and 1300. In doing this, the author refinines the archaeological sequence of the area, in particular ceramic data, and applies and tests theoretical constructs relating to the relationships between ethnicity, class, social and political complexity and material culture. The theoretical emphasis of the study is on modelling ethnicity, class and social and political complexity at a more qualitative scale than previous work in the area, and therefore represents a step forward in southern African archaeology. Front Cover Title Page Copyright ABSTRACT ABOUT THE AUTHOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES LIST OF PLATES LIST OF TABLES Chapter I INTRODUCTION Chapter II ARCHAEOLOGICAL BACKGROUND Chapter III ETHNICITY, CLASS, AND SOCIOPOLITICAL COMPLEXITY IN A SOUTHERN AFRICAN CONTEXT Chapter IV METHODOLOGY Chapter V SCHRODA REVISITED Chapter VI EXCAVATIONS AT BAOBAB Chapter VII EXCAVATIONS AT CASTLE ROCK Chapter VIII EXCAVATIONS AT LEOKWE HILL Chapter IX THE GREEFSWALD SITES REVISITED Chapter X EXCAVATIONS AT EDMONDSBURG Chapter XI STYLE, TIME, AND CHANGE: THE SHASHI-LIMPOPO CERAMIC CHRONOLOGY, AD 900 TO 1300 Chapter XII ETHNICITY, CLASS, AND POLITY: LEOKWE AND LEOPARD’S KOPJE IN THE SHASHI-LIMPOPO REGION, AD 1000 TO AD 1300 Chapter XIII CONCLUSIONS BIBLIOGRAPHY Appendices Appendix A Ceramic Drawings Appendix B Schroda Ceramic Types Appendix C Baobab Ceramic Types Appendix D Castle Rock Ceramic Types Appendix E Leokwe Hill Western Summit Ceramic Types Appendix F Leokwe Hill Northern Terrace Ceramic Types by Excavation Area Appendix G Mapungubwe Hill Spoil Heaps Ceramic Types Appendix H Edmondsburg Ceramic Types CAMBRIDGE MONOGRAPHS IN AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGY