Symbols in stone : unravelling the mystery of Great Zimbabwe

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Symbols in stone : unravelling the mystery of Great Zimbabwe

Thomas N Huffman

Witwatersrand University Press, 1987

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Includes index

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Description

Great Zimbabwe was the largest and most important capital of a medieval Shona empire. In this booklet, a world authority presents a new interpretation of this famous African town. Using 16th-century eye-witness accounts of the Zimbabwe culture, together with Shona oral tradition and culture, Professor Huffman reconstructs the different uses of the stone enclosures and the meaning of many symbols, including the Zimbabwe birds and the celebrated conical tower.

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  • NCID
    BA07147179
  • ISBN
    • 1868140164
  • Country Code
    sa
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Johannesburg
  • Pages/Volumes
    49 p.
  • Size
    21 cm
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