Mapungubwe Flashcards
(22 cards)
Name river basin where communities settled
Limpopo river basin
Which communities found near river basin
K2, Schrodra, Mapungbwe
Which ocean was crossed to carry goods to and from east coast and Africa
Indian Ocean
What type of ship was used to make the voyages across the ocean
Dhows-sailing ships
What was grown and farmed
Melons,pumpkins,sorghum , millet was grown and a few sheep, cattle and goats were kept
What does AD mean
Anno domini
What did people live in in the early 1st millenium
Small family homesteads and independent villages
How many people did the villages have
Few hundred
Was there little conflict
Yes
The social hierarchy was based on what 2 things
Age and gender
What was another name for pre 900AD
The late Iron Age
Farming communities became more what…..
Complex societies
What did archaeologists think was used in religious ceremonies
Clay figures
Clay figures probably had a ….. Meaning in ……. ………. Communities
Ritual, late farming
Could African farmers write
No
The knowledge was passed down through generations of ….
Stories
What do archeologists study
How people lived the past
What do archeologists look for
They look for animal or human bones and the remains of buildings
Objects MADE in the past are called
Artifacts
Artifacts made of what survive
Stone and metal
Artifacts made of what decay
Straw and wood
Mapungbwe is the what state in Southern African
First
