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Mapungubwe Ancient Bantu Civilization On The Limpopo Report On Excavations At Mapungubwe And Bambandyanalo In Northern Transvaal From 1935 To 1940 Written And Arranged By Guy A Gardner Edited By Pj Coertze
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Book Synopsis Mapungubwe, Ancient Bantu Civilization on the Limpopo: Report on excavations at Mapungubwe and Bambandyanalo in Northern Transvaal from 1935 to 1940, written and arr. by Guy A. Gardner; edited by P.J. Coertze by : University of Pretoria. Archaeological Committee
Download or read book Mapungubwe, Ancient Bantu Civilization on the Limpopo: Report on excavations at Mapungubwe and Bambandyanalo in Northern Transvaal from 1935 to 1940, written and arr. by Guy A. Gardner; edited by P.J. Coertze written by University of Pretoria. Archaeological Committee and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Catalog of the Robert Goldwater Library, the Metropolitan Museum of Art by : Robert Goldwater Library
Download or read book Catalog of the Robert Goldwater Library, the Metropolitan Museum of Art written by Robert Goldwater Library and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 866 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Subject Catalogue of the Royal Commonwealth Society, London: Africa: noncommonwealth Africa, including former foreign colonies, Republic of South Africa, other southern African countries by : Royal Commonwealth Society. Library
Download or read book Subject Catalogue of the Royal Commonwealth Society, London: Africa: noncommonwealth Africa, including former foreign colonies, Republic of South Africa, other southern African countries written by Royal Commonwealth Society. Library and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Bibliographic Guide to Black Studies by : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Download or read book Bibliographic Guide to Black Studies written by Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis University of California Union Catalog of Monographs Cataloged by the Nine Campuses from 1963 Through 1967: Authors & titles by : University of California (System). Institute of Library Research
Download or read book University of California Union Catalog of Monographs Cataloged by the Nine Campuses from 1963 Through 1967: Authors & titles written by University of California (System). Institute of Library Research and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 886 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Mapungubwe, Ancient Bantu Civilization on the Limpopo: Reports on excavations at Mapungubwe (Northern Transvaal) from February 1933 to June 1935, edited by Leo Fouché by : University of Pretoria. Archaeological Committee
Download or read book Mapungubwe, Ancient Bantu Civilization on the Limpopo: Reports on excavations at Mapungubwe (Northern Transvaal) from February 1933 to June 1935, edited by Leo Fouché written by University of Pretoria. Archaeological Committee and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mapungubwe written by Sian Tiley and published by Sunbird Publishers. This book was released on 2004 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mapungubwe is one of South Africa's best-kept secrets. The Hill of the Jackal was the centre of a thriving civilisation around 800 AD-1200 AD. This work contains images of the gold artefacts, the pottery and the beadwork - together with a history of the civilisation.
Book Synopsis Reading Material Culture by : Christopher Tilley
Download or read book Reading Material Culture written by Christopher Tilley and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1991-01-16 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Central to any understanding of the significance of material objects, whether contemporary or prehistoric, is a discussion of the very nature of interpretation itself: how we 'read' artefacts and inscribe them into the present. This book examines the complex relations between material culture, social structures and social practices from structuralist, hermeneutical and post-structuralist viewpoints.
Book Synopsis Conservation and Restoration of Ceramics by : Susan Buys
Download or read book Conservation and Restoration of Ceramics written by Susan Buys and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-23 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Conservation and Restoration of Ceramics brings together the wide range of current information relevant to the practising conservator. The book opens with a discussion of the fundamental nature of the ceramic medium, information which is of primary importance when selecting treatments or considering preventive conservation measures. Details on techniques are given in a series of chapters covering the restoration and conservation processes, but the emphasis is on the basic principles involved in the choice of materials and methods. The nature and properties of materials commonly in use are fully discussed and guidance is given on the facilities and equipment needed. Also covered in the book are old restoration materials and methods, the ethics of ceramics conservation, examination and recording, display treatments and emergency procedures. Now in paperback, this book will be invaluable to practising conservators and readers of conservation as well as of interest to museum curators and collectors.
Book Synopsis The Sculptors of Mapungubwe by : Zakes Mda
Download or read book The Sculptors of Mapungubwe written by Zakes Mda and published by Africa List. This book was released on 2018-09-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the timeless kingdom of Mapungubwe, the royal sculptor had two sons, Chata and Rendani. As they grew, so grew their rivalry--and their extraordinary talents. But while Rendani became a master carver of the animals that run in the wild hills and lush valleys of the land, Chata learned to carve fantastic beings from his dreams, creatures never before seen on the Earth. From this natural rivalry between brothers, Zakes Mda crafts an irresistibly rich fable of love and family. What makes the better art, perfect mimicry or inspiration? Who makes the better wife, a princess or a mysterious dancer? Ageless and contemporary, deceptive in its simplicity and mythical in its scope, The Sculptors of Mapungubwe encompasses all we know of love, envy, and the artist's primal power to forge art from nature and nature into art. Mda's newest novel will only strengthen his international reputation as one of the most trenchant voices of South Africa.
Book Synopsis Approaches to Archaeological Ceramics by : Carla M. Sinopoli
Download or read book Approaches to Archaeological Ceramics written by Carla M. Sinopoli and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1991-06-30 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than any other category of evidence, ceramics ofters archaeologists their most abundant and potentially enlightening source of information on the past. Being made primarily of day, a relatively inexpensive material that is available in every region, ceramics became essential in virtually every society in the world during the past ten thousand years. The straightfor ward technology of preparing, forming, and firing day into hard, durable shapes has meant that societies at various levels of complexity have come to rely on it for a wide variety of tasks. Ceramic vessels quickly became essential for many household and productive tasks. Food preparation, cooking, and storage-the very basis of settled village life-could not exist as we know them without the use of ceramic vessels. Often these vessels broke into pieces, but the virtually indestructible quality of the ceramic material itself meant that these pieces would be preserved for centuries, waiting to be recovered by modem archaeologists. The ability to create ceramic material with diverse physical properties, to form vessels into so many different shapes, and to decorate them in limitless manners, led to their use in far more than utilitarian contexts. Some vessels were especially made to be used in trade, manufacturing activities, or rituals, while ceramic material was also used to make other items such as figurines, models, and architectural ornaments.
Download or read book Forgotten World written by Tim Maggs and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you drive through Mpumalanga with an eye on the landscape flashing by, you may see, near the sides of the road and further away on the hills above and in the valleys below, fragments of building in stone as well as sections of stone-walling breaking the grass cover. Endless stone circles, set in bewildering mazes and linked by long stone passages, cover the landscape stretching from Ohrigstad to Carolina, connecting over 10 000 square kilometres of the escarpment into a complex web of stone-walled homesteads, terraced fields and linking roads. Oral traditions recorded in the early twentieth century named the area Bokoni – the country of the Koni people. Few South Africans or visitors to the country know much about these settlements, and why today they are deserted and largely ignored. A long tradition of archaeological work which might provide some of the answers remains cloistered in universities and the knowledge vacuum has been filled by a variety of exotic explanations – invoking ancient settlers from India or even visitors from outer space – that share a common assumption that Africans were too primitive to have created such elaborate stone structures. Forgotten World defies the usual stereotypes about backward African farming methods and shows that these settlements were at their peak between 1500 and 1820, that they housed a substantial population, organised vast amounts of labour for infrastructural development, and displayed extraordinary levels of agricultural innovation and productivity. The Koni were part of a trading system linked to the coast of Mozambique and the wider world of Indian Ocean trade beyond. Forgotten World tells the story of Bokoni through rigorous historical and archaeological research, and lavishly illustrates it with stunning photographic images.
Book Synopsis Papers in African Prehistory by : J. D. Fage
Download or read book Papers in African Prehistory written by J. D. Fage and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1970-10-01 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Fage and Professor Oliver, the editors of this collection, are distinguished historians of Africa, and as founding editors of the Journal of African History they both established the journal and used it to mark out developing areas of the subject. In directing the journal they have pursued an active policy of commissioning articles in fields where the literature was scanty, and in this volume they have collected together some of the most important articles they have published on African prehistory. It is designed for the student of African history, and the library that needs copies of frequently consulted papers to supplement its sets of periodicals. All the articles contain either accounts of important research or more general review articles. The book is illustrated with line diagrams and photographs. One article which originally appeared in French has been translated into English.
Book Synopsis Legends of the Lost Sacred Kingdom by : K.A. Nephawe.
Download or read book Legends of the Lost Sacred Kingdom written by K.A. Nephawe. and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-10-16 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Vhangona people, natives of the sacred kingdom of Mapungubwe, had embraced their mythological beliefs indoctrinated throughout generations. Traditional healers had used supernatural powers vested upon them by their ancestors to protect their monarchy from any calamities. However, the malevolent monster from the forbidden mountains had begun to terrorize the kingdom. Aristocrats and untouchables of the tribe convinced their great king that the monster could not be defeated. Regrettably, not even their powerful wizard and his waters of Babele could stand against the monsters wrath. Will they succeed in rescuing the missing girl captured by the monster? Their actions could put the entire kingdom on the verge of extinction. The monster could disguise itself, use her body to re-enter their land, and destroy their kingdom. As their last resort, the most decorated traditional healer and his explorers should find the untraceable fountains of Lunandau, the land of supernatural, home of the sacred white spirits. Great witchdoctors, nobles, and untouchables had embarked on a journey to Lunandau before, but there was yet a single person to return.
Book Synopsis The Lost Land of Lemuria by : Sumathi Ramaswamy
Download or read book The Lost Land of Lemuria written by Sumathi Ramaswamy and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2004-09-27 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a fascinating study of Lemuria--a mythical continent which was once believed to bridge the land masses of India and Africa millennia ago before ultimately sinking into the Indian sea.
Book Synopsis The Zimbabwe Culture: Ruins and Reactions by : Gertrude Caton-Thompson
Download or read book The Zimbabwe Culture: Ruins and Reactions written by Gertrude Caton-Thompson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1971 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Winston Churchill and the Treasure of Mapungubwe Hill by : Chris Angus
Download or read book Winston Churchill and the Treasure of Mapungubwe Hill written by Chris Angus and published by Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Only the past can save the future for Winston Churchill, and it’s a past with many secrets. There is vast treasure hidden in an almost impregnable Central African fortress surrounded by cliffs. The mountain is a honeycomb of ancient tombs and palaces, as well as the ancient burial place of a Nubian queen mysteriously wedded to a Roman. Young Winston Churchill, a prisoner during the Boer War, is offered a secret deal for freedom by Britain’s enemy Louis Botha: with Botha’s agent, Zeila, Winston must seek out and protect the greatest secret of the dark continent, a fabulous Nubian treasure known only as Mapungubwe Hill. But a rogue member of the British royal family, Lord Sterne, is also after the treasure. Can Winston and the lovely Zeila both survive being entombed? And will their relationship go further than their mission? Decades later, in the middle of a raging World War II, Winston’s special agent Martin Rand struggles to unlock Mapungubwe’s secrets again before German forces, lead by Nazi-sympathizer Lord Sterne, can overwhelm and capture it. Will Winston prevail over the Nazis, or will the Nubian warriors take matters into their own hands? And will Winston’s secret tryst with Zeila come back to ruin everything? Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction—novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.