Revisiting Great Zimbabwe

Thomas N. Huffman

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Editor's notes The following article is in response to a paper by Shadreck Chirikure and Innocent Pikirayi that appeared in Antiquity (2008) revisiting the sequence of Great Zimbabwe, and proposing fundamental changes to the site's interpretation. If you have not yet had the opportunity to read this paper, it may be freely accessed online at: http://antiquity.ac.uk/ant/082/ant0820976.htm. It is anticipated that Chirikure and Pikirayi will make a riposte to this reply in a forthcoming issue of Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa. Chirikure and Pikirayi (2008) offer a new interpretation of Great Zimbabwe. Using a 19th Century principle of political succession, they argue that all major stonewalled buildings in the valley, as well as on the hill, served as seperate palaces for successive rulers. Older historical data, however, together with evidence from other Zimbabwe settlements, negate this interpretation.

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2008Handbook to the Iron Age: the archaeology of pre-colonial farming societies in Southern Africa 1997Snakes and Crocodiles: Power and Symbolism in Ancient Zimbabwe 2008Mapungubwe and Great Zimbabwe: The origin and spread of social complexity in southern Africa 1998Cognitive Archaeology and Imaginary History at Great Zimbabwe 1931The Zimbabwe Culture: Ruins and Reactions 2008Inside and outside the dry stone walls: revisiting the material culture of Great Zimbabwe 1992The chronology of the Valley Enclosures: implications for the interpretation of Great Zimbabwe

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