Browsing Research Articles (Anthropology and Archaeology) by Subject "Zulu"

Browsing Research Articles (Anthropology and Archaeology) by Subject "Zulu"

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  • Identifying Zulu military (Amakhanda) settlements in the archaeological record 
    Van der Merwe, Renier Hendrik; Pikirayi, Innocent (South African Archaeological Society, 2019-09)
    A common cultural practice within southern Africa is the organisation of youths as part of an initiation ceremony. Literature refers to this practice as regimental groups, age regimental groups, age sets or simply as ...
  • The organisation and layout of Zulu military homesteads (amakhanda) 
    Van der Merwe, Renier H.; Pikirayi, Innocent (Routledge, 2019)
    The nineteenth century witnessed the spread and development of a number of northern Nguni kingdoms throughout southern Africa. Central to the success and stability of these kingdoms was the regimental system. A critical ...