Livestock management strategies in the 13th Century Mapungubwe Hinterland
dc.contributor.advisor | Antonites, Alex J. | |
dc.contributor.coadvisor | Hall, Grant | |
dc.contributor.email | tyronhopf@gmail.com | en_US |
dc.contributor.postgraduate | Hopf, Tyron Denis | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-02-06T12:27:53Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-02-06T12:27:53Z | |
dc.date.created | 2024-04 | |
dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
dc.description | Dissertation (MA (Archaeology))--University of Pretoria, 2023. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Livestock 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.availability | Unrestricted | en_US |
dc.description.degree | MA (Archaeology) | en_US |
dc.description.department | Anthropology and Archaeology | en_US |
dc.description.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | National Research Foundation (NRF) project “Mapungubwe Environment and Economy Project” (HSD170606237401). | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | * | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | DOI: 10.25403/UPresearchdata.25117289 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | A2024 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/94342 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University 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.subject | UCTD | en_US |
dc.subject | Stable Isotopes | en_US |
dc.subject | Archaeology | en_US |
dc.subject | Livestock Management Practices | en_US |
dc.subject | Middle Iron Age | en_US |
dc.subject | Social Complexity | en_US |
dc.title | Livestock management strategies in the 13th Century Mapungubwe Hinterland | en_US |
dc.type | Dissertation | en_US |