Livestock management strategies in the 13th Century Mapungubwe Hinterland

dc.contributor.advisorAntonites, Alex J.
dc.contributor.coadvisorHall, Grant
dc.contributor.emailtyronhopf@gmail.comen_US
dc.contributor.postgraduateHopf, Tyron Denis
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-06T12:27:53Z
dc.date.available2024-02-06T12:27:53Z
dc.date.created2024-04
dc.date.issued2023
dc.descriptionDissertation (MA (Archaeology))--University of Pretoria, 2023.en_US
dc.description.abstractLivestock were a key social and economic component of agropastoral Middle Iron-Age societies who occupied Middle Limpopo River valley between during the early second millennium CE. This period witnessed rapid developments in regional social complexity underscored by an increased participation in the global trade network operating off the African east coast. Agropastoral communities draw resilience from the effective management of domesticate stock which is shaped by a range of decisions regarding the mobility and diet of the animal herds. These management practices take place against the backdrop of shifting environments, landscape resources, social networks, and economies. This dissertation presents the results of stable isotope analysis of carbon and oxygen measured from the teeth of 35 domesticate and wild herbivores recovered from five archaeological sites in the hinterland of the Mapungubwe state. The results suggest that cattle and caprines were herded according to different regimes that may relate to their differing socio-economic roles in Middle Iron Age Society. Environmental variations and livestock management strategies among hinterland communities are examined in the rise of complexity that accompanied the transformation of southern Africa’s first state-level civilisation.en_US
dc.description.availabilityUnrestricteden_US
dc.description.degreeMA (Archaeology)en_US
dc.description.departmentAnthropology and Archaeologyen_US
dc.description.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Research Foundation (NRF) project “Mapungubwe Environment and Economy Project” (HSD170606237401).en_US
dc.identifier.citation*en_US
dc.identifier.doiDOI: 10.25403/UPresearchdata.25117289en_US
dc.identifier.otherA2024en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/94342
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoria
dc.rights© 2023 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria.
dc.subjectUCTDen_US
dc.subjectStable Isotopesen_US
dc.subjectArchaeologyen_US
dc.subjectLivestock Management Practicesen_US
dc.subjectMiddle Iron Ageen_US
dc.subjectSocial Complexityen_US
dc.titleLivestock management strategies in the 13th Century Mapungubwe Hinterlanden_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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