Architectural traditions of Mapungubwe and Bambandyanalo (K2)

dc.contributor.authorMeyer, Andrie
dc.contributor.authorCloete, C.E. (Christiaan Ernst)
dc.date.accessioned2010-08-31T07:34:43Z
dc.date.available2010-08-31T07:34:43Z
dc.date.issued2010-07
dc.description.abstractThis article is concerned with the identification of culturally significant architectural structures and features on the archaeological sites Mapungubwe and K2, two 11th to 13th century AD African capitals in the current Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape World Heritage Site in the Limpopo Province, South Africa. The objective of the article is to identify the typical architectural structures and features of the two sites, based on the original archaeological field research reports of the University of Pretoria (UP) as a primary source of information, for the purposes of architectural reconstruction and educational presentation. The archaeological field reports in the Mapungubwe Archive at UP are briefly reviewed as primary sources of information. Previous archaeological research of the University on Mapungubwe and K2 since 1933 resulted in the establishment of the Mapungubwe Museum and Archive at UP in 2000 where the field records are kept, and in the current reconstruction, interpretation and presentation of the architecture of Mapungubwe and K2 for the educational displays of the Museum. Observed remains of architectural structures and features on Mapungubwe include single free-standing stonewalls; terrace stonewalls, some of which are constructed with steps; stone platforms; stone mortar blocks and mortar hollows on exposed sandstone surfaces; circular stone structures; sets of game-hollows in rock surfaces; and on both sites the remains of circular pole and daub structures varying from small granaries to larger veranda type structures; as well as evidence of palisades and stockade type kraal structures. These architectural structures and features will be reconstructed and their cultural significance explained with the application of transdisciplinary methodology in further research.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMeyer, A & Cloete, CE 2010, 'Architectural traditions of Mapungubwe and Bambandyanalo (K2)', Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 241 - 270. [http://www.td-sa.net/]en_US
dc.identifier.issn1817-4434
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/14764
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherVaal Triangle Faculty of Northwest University in South Africaen_US
dc.rightsVaal Triangle Faculty of Northwest University in South Africaen_US
dc.subjectAfricanen_US
dc.subjectArchitectureen_US
dc.subjectBahananwaen_US
dc.subjectCircular pole and daub structuresen_US
dc.subjectCone on cylinderen_US
dc.subjectGranaryen_US
dc.subjectK2en_US
dc.subjectLimpopoen_US
dc.subjectMalebohoen_US
dc.subjectMapungubwe Cultural Landscapeen_US
dc.subjectWorld Heritage Siteen_US
dc.subjectMapungubwe Hillen_US
dc.subjectMapungubwe Museumen_US
dc.subjectMortar blocken_US
dc.subjectRondavelen_US
dc.subjectSouthern Terraceen_US
dc.subjectStonewallen_US
dc.subjectTerraceen_US
dc.subjectTshivhaseen_US
dc.subjectVerandah huten_US
dc.subjectVhavendaen_US
dc.subject.lcshMapungubwe Site (South Africa) -- Antiquitiesen
dc.subject.lcshWorld Heritage areas -- South Africaen
dc.subject.lcshArchitecture -- South Africa -- Mapungubwe -- Historyen
dc.subject.lcshArchitecture and society -- South Africa -- Mapungubwe -- Historyen
dc.subject.lcshVenda (African people) -- Dwellingsen
dc.titleArchitectural traditions of Mapungubwe and Bambandyanalo (K2)en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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