THE ORIGINS OF MUSENGEZI: LOCAL VERSUS CENTRAL AFRICAN.

Autor:	HUFFMAN, THOMAS N.
Předmět:	IRON Age POTTERY
Zdroj:	South African Archaeological Bulletin; Jun2021, Vol. 76 Issue 214, p16-30, 15p
Abstrakt:	Musengezi pottery is the product of Late Iron Age Bantu-speaking farmers in northeast Zimbabwe. Stylistic differences from the local Early Iron Age sequence have been variously ascribed to a sociocultural change evident throughout Zimbabwe at AD 1000 versus a southward movement of people from across the Zambezi. The two interpretations are largely based on different analytical procedures. The local school emphasises decoration technique -- a demonstrably flawed procedure -- while a more reliable typology shows an affiliation with the NAVIUNDU TRADITION and thus with Central Africa. An origin north of the Zambezi also explains the use of cemeteries outside the settlement, which is an otherwise anomalous burial pattern locally. The Tavara living in the Zambezi Valley today still retain some Central African cultural principles and they may be descendants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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