Module 8 Unit 5 Heritage of Limpopo Flashcards
What can ARTEFACTS tell us about our heritage?
Artefacts give us clues about our culture.
They tell us about what our ancestors believed in
They show us what skills they had
Where in Limpopo were important artefacts found?
Mapungubwe
Where in Limpopo is Mapungubwe?
On the northern border of South Africa joining Zimbabwe and Botswana
What is the similarity between the Tutankhamen’s treasure and the treasures of Mapungubwe?
They were both burial treasures (graves)
What if the artefacts were never found?
We would never even have known that the people existed there.
Describe the artefacts that were found?
Wooden carvings covered in gold sheets
Rhinocerous
Bowl
Sceptre
What was significant about the graves of Mapungubwe?
It is thought they were the graves of very important chiefs.
When is it thought that this African kingdom existed?
Between 1075 and 1220
