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The author records a two-year archaeological examination of a ruined stone complex in Mashonaland, offering field descriptions, measured plans, and numerous photographs and plates to document the elliptical temple, conical tower, acropolis, terraces, passages, and surrounding enclosures. The account combines on-site narrative of landscapes and interactions with local inhabitants, inventories of relics including carved soapstone objects, and systematic architectural analysis of walls, drains, patterns, and construction techniques. Organized into illustrated chapters, the work presents excavation results, detailed plans and measurements for individual enclosures and passages, and interpretive notes on the site's layout and probable functions.

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Title: Great Zimbabwe, Mashonaland, Rhodesia

Author: R. N. Hall

Author of introduction, etc.: A. H. Keane

Release date: June 27, 2020 [eBook #62501]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

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THE CONICAL TOWER, ELLIPTICAL TEMPLE, GREAT ZIMBABWE

GREAT ZIMBABWE
MASHONALAND, RHODESIA

AN ACCOUNT OF TWO YEARS’ EXAMINATION
WORK IN 1902–4 ON BEHALF OF THE
GOVERNMENT OF RHODESIA
BY
R. N. HALL, F.R.G.S.
CO-AUTHOR WITH W. G. NEAL OF “THE ANCIENT RUINS OF RHODESIA”
WITH AN INTRODUCTION
BY
PROFESSOR A. H. KEANE, LL.D., F.R.G.S.
WITH TWO HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS, MAPS, AND PLANS
METHUEN & CO.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON

First Published in 1905