The ruined cities of Mashonaland : being a record of excavation and exploration in 1891

Bent, J.T. (James Theodore), 1852-1897; Swan, Robert McNair Wilson, 1858-1904

The ruined cities of Mashonaland : being a record of excavation and exploration in 1891

dc.contributor.author	Bent, J.T. (James Theodore), 1852-1897
dc.contributor.author	Swan, Robert McNair Wilson, 1858-1904
dc.contributor.email	pieter.vandermerwe@up.ac.za	en_US
dc.coverage.spatial	Africa
dc.coverage.spatial	Zimbabwe
dc.coverage.temporal	AD
dc.coverage.temporal	1891
dc.date.accessioned	2010-01-11T06:47:16Z
dc.date.available	2010-01-11T06:47:16Z
dc.date.issued	1895
dc.description	Third ed. of a work originally published in 1892.
dc.description.abstract	Partial contents: The journey up by the Kalahari desert route -- First impressions of Mashonaland -- Camp life and work at Zimbabwe -- Description of the various ruins -- On the orientation and measurements of Zimbabwe ruins -- The finds at the Great Zimbabwe ruins -- The geography and ethnology of the Mashonaland ruins -- Down to the Sabi River and Matindela ruins -- Fort Salisbury and the old workings and ruins of the Mazoe valley -- Ruined cities in Mangwendi's, Chipunza's and Makoni's countries -- Journey to the coast	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	The original document was digitized with financial support from Media24.	en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibility	by J. Theodore Bent ; with a chapter on the oprientation and mensuration of the temples by R.M.W. Swan
dc.description.uri	http://explore.up.ac.za/record=b1728388	en_US
dc.format.extent	xvi, 427 p. : ill., map ; 19 cm.	en_US
dc.format.medium	Paper	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/12482
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Longmans Green	en_US
dc.relation.requires	Adobe Reader version 8 or 9
dc.rights	Electronic copy: University of Pretoria; Printed copy: Public domain.	en_US
dc.source	Original book: Bent, J. Theodore. The ruined cities of Mashonaland : being a record of excavation and exploration in 1891. New [3rd] ed. (London : Longmans, Green), 427 p.
dc.subject	Mashonaland	en_US
dc.subject.ddc	968.9101
dc.subject.lcsh	Shona (African people) -- History
dc.subject.lcsh	Great Zimbabwe (Extinct city)
dc.subject.lcsh	Extinct cities -- Zimbabwe -- Mashonaland
dc.subject.lcsh	Zimbabwe -- History
dc.title	The ruined cities of Mashonaland : being a record of excavation and exploration in 1891	en_US
dc.type	Book	en_US