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Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 169 pp., diagrams, maps, illustrations, bibliography.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. xvi, 88 pages : illustrations, colour maps ; 26 cm.

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An Ethnoarchaeological Project in the Buhera District, Zimbabwe. Illustr. Upps. 1995. 115 pages. Softcover.[#87759].

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Sehr gut. 99 Seiten Exemplaire frais et propre en très bon état. Frisches und sauberes Exemplar in sehr gutem Zustand. Fresh and clean copy in great condition. Contents - Foreward - Preface - 1 - Great Zimbabwe and the Zimbabwe Tradition - 2 - Removal and Export of the Zimbabwe Birds - 3 - Description of the Zimbabwe Birds - 4 - Rhodesian Views about the Zimbabwe Birds - 5 - Repatriation of the Zimbabwe Birds from South Africa, 1981 - 6 - The Shona People and the Zimbabwe Birds ISBN 9781779011350 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 338.

Soft cover. Zustand: New. 169 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Soft cover. Zustand: New. 261 pages ; 24 cm. At least eight soapstone carvings of birds furnished a shrine, Great Zimbabwe, in the 19th century. This large stonewalled settlement, once a political and urban centre, had been much reduced for four centuries, although the shrine continued to operate as local traditions dictated. The Zimbabwe Birds were handed down from a past that has only been partially illuminated by archaeological inquiry and ethnography, as has the site as such. This thesis publishes the first detailed catalogue of the Birds and attempts to reconstruct their provenance at the site based on the earliest written accounts. A modern history of the Birds unfolds when the European settlers removed them from the site in dubious transactions, claiming them as rewards of imperial conquest. As the most treasured objects from Great Zimbabwe, the fate of the Birds has been intertwined with that of the site in a matrix of contested meanings and ownership. This thesis explores how the meanings of cultural objects have a tendency to shift and to be ephemeral, demonstrating the ability of those in power to appropriate and determine such meanings. In turn, this has a bearing on ownership claims, and gives rise to an authorized heritage discourse syndrome. The forced migrations of the Zimbabwe Birds within the African continent and to Europe and their subsequent return to their homeland decades later are characterised by melodramatic episodes of manoeuvring by traders, politicians and theologians, and of the return of stolen property cloaked as an amicable barter deal, or a return extolled as an act of generosity. International doctrines that urge the return of cultural property are influenced by Western hegemonic ideologies. Natural justice is perverted, as stolen property acquires a (superior) significance in its new context, which merits the extinction of the original provenance. This leaves generosity and goodwill as the promises of the future, holding the fate of one Zimbabwe Bird still kept in exile in South Africa.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 280 pages. 9.25x6.10x9.49 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 280 pages. 9.25x6.10x9.49 inches. In Stock.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. The Pre-Colonial Stonewalled Structures of Zimbabwe | An Illustrated Guide to the Archaeological Sites c.900 - 1900AD | Edward Matenga (u. a.) | Buch | xi | Englisch | 2026 | Springer | EAN 9783032081117 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book provides a general guide to stone-structures of the pre-colonial period called zimbabwes. This is a name which denotes their usage as prestige buildings and that a particular quality of masonry with frequent application of wall decoration patterns was required, which distinguishes them from many other stone structures of coarse workmanship.At least 300 sites are known within the borders of Zimbabwe alone, while a few more are found in Botswana, South Africa and Mozambique. However, recent findings have indicated that stone buildings in southern Angola of similar typology also carry decoration patterns that suggests a much wider distribution in the region than was previously thought.The word Zimbabwe is of historical origin which has been customized to refer to a specific typology of stone walls and to distinguish them from the rest of low-grade buildings which number several hundred.In the 16th century, it denoted royal and chiefly settlements built in stone and it was used figuratively to imply the presence there of such important political figures. In this guide, zimbabwe (lower case and in italics) refers to stone walls whereas when in upper case it refers either to Great Zimbabwe or Zimbabwe the modern country.This work is the first comprehensive volume to act as a guide to the archaeological stone wall structures. Zimbabwe sites are the only immovable cultural remains of substantial physical form that have been inherited from a pre-colonial past. In a post-colonial state, they are extremely valuable as tangible evidence of the historical continuity of indigenous populations with a pre-colonial past. Their history implies an inheritance for present and future generations and entrust ownership to the public. Religious activities connected with the sites imply not just vestigial importance, but embody cosmological values that bind people together. A descriptive inventory such as this guidebook serves two purposes, i.e. a heritage register to support conservation programmes and as a popular study guide to interest both local and international visitors.

169 pp. Illustrations in the text. Printed wrappers. (Studies in African Archaeology 5).

Zustand: Very Good. Uppsala, Uppsala University/ Queen Victoria Museum Zimbabwe, 1993. 8vo. 169 pp. Illustrated. Sewn as issued. (Studies in African Archaeology 5.). Softcover / Paperback.

Zustand: Very Good. Uppsala, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, 2011. 8vo. 261 pp. Illustrated. Sewn as issued. (Studies in Global Archaeology 16.). Softcover / Paperback.