Settlemen Settlements in the Limpopo Valley before Mapungubwe Flashcards
What is a midden
Rubbish dump
What is a archaeologist
• Archaeologists are people who study people and cultures from the past.
• They try to find evidence of the past societies (excavate, dig, dumps)
What does A.D. stand for
Anno domini (year of the lord)
What does BC stand for
Before Christ
What does CE stand for
Common error
What does BCE stand for
Before common era
What are elephant tusks made out of
Ivory
What is Schroda
The name of a modern day farm where archaeologists found important evidence
What did they find at Schroda and K2 and where did they come from?
Glass beads
From India
What did the archaeologists think the small pieces of ivory came from?
From cutting and shaping large elephant tusks.
What does Zhanj mean
It means black in Persian
Why did the Zhizo people in the Limpopo Valley become very rich Powerful?
Because they controlled the trade.
What is K2?
K2 is the place where archaeologists found a midden, from a town where people lived from 900AD to 1300AD.
What did the leaders use people to mine and carry to the coast?
Gold
Ivory
rhino horns
Why did the farmers living in the valley begin to live closer together in small towns?
To be close to the powerful leaders.
