Forgotten world :: the stone walled settlements of the Mpumalanga Escarpment /
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...
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| Zusammenfassung: | 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. |
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| spelling | Delius, Peter (Peter Nicholas St. Martin), author. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjy4mJfygcvm39cHYyYXkC Forgotten world : the stone walled settlements of the Mpumalanga Escarpment / Peter Delius, Tim Maggs and Alex Schoeman. Johannesburg : Wits University Press, 2014. 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, January 4, 2019). Introduction -- New ideas about old data: how are we learning about Bokoni -- The arrival of farming, the growth of trade and links to the Indian Ocean world -- Making of a walled world: context and emergence of Bokoni -- A new way to manage fields, cattle and people -- Neighbours and raiders -- The old in the new: legacies in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries -- Conclusion. 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. Human settlements South Africa Mpumalanga. Stone walls South Africa Mpumalanga. HISTORY Ancient General. bisacsh Human settlements fast Stone walls fast South Africa Mpumalanga fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJxCvDKMt3YJRGjMypKw4q Schoeman, Alex, author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2015035046 Maggs, Tim, author. Print version: Delius, Peter (Peter Nicholas St. Martin). Forgotten World. Johannesburg : Wits University Press, 2014 9781868147748 1868147746 (DLC) 2015414403 (OCoLC)902838754 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1885292 Volltext CBO01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1885292 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Delius, Peter (Peter Nicholas St. Martin) Schoeman, Alex Maggs, Tim Forgotten world : the stone walled settlements of the Mpumalanga Escarpment / Introduction -- New ideas about old data: how are we learning about Bokoni -- The arrival of farming, the growth of trade and links to the Indian Ocean world -- Making of a walled world: context and emergence of Bokoni -- A new way to manage fields, cattle and people -- Neighbours and raiders -- The old in the new: legacies in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries -- Conclusion. Human settlements South Africa Mpumalanga. Stone walls South Africa Mpumalanga. HISTORY Ancient General. bisacsh Human settlements fast Stone walls fast |
| title | Forgotten world : the stone walled settlements of the Mpumalanga Escarpment / |
| title_auth | Forgotten world : the stone walled settlements of the Mpumalanga Escarpment / |
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| title_full | Forgotten world : the stone walled settlements of the Mpumalanga Escarpment / Peter Delius, Tim Maggs and Alex Schoeman. |
| title_fullStr | Forgotten world : the stone walled settlements of the Mpumalanga Escarpment / Peter Delius, Tim Maggs and Alex Schoeman. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Forgotten world : the stone walled settlements of the Mpumalanga Escarpment / Peter Delius, Tim Maggs and Alex Schoeman. |
| title_short | Forgotten world : |
| title_sort | forgotten world the stone walled settlements of the mpumalanga escarpment |
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| topic | Human settlements South Africa Mpumalanga. Stone walls South Africa Mpumalanga. HISTORY Ancient General. bisacsh Human settlements fast Stone walls fast |
| topic_facet | Human settlements South Africa Mpumalanga. Stone walls South Africa Mpumalanga. HISTORY Ancient General. Human settlements Stone walls South Africa Mpumalanga |
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