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THE PROVISIONING OF NINETEENTH CENTURY ZULU CAPITALS:INSIGHTS FROM CERAMIC COMPOSITIONAL ANALYSES

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To identify pottery production locations in the Zulu kingdom through a study of the mineral and chemical composition of pottery found at three Zulu capitals. The capitals established by Shaka (kwaBulawayo), Dingane (uMgundgundlovu) and Cetshwayo (oNdini) are the focus of study as they span the rise and collapse of the Zulu kingdom (c. 1821-1879) in KwaZulu-Natal.

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Two data sets will be used in this study: (1) a comparative ethnographic collection of finished vessels and clays used by and known to potters living in the vicinity of nineteenth century capitals and other locations in KwaZulu-Natal and Swaziland; (2) shards from vessels deposited in two spatially distinct areas at capitals: the isigodlo (king’s residence) and areas occupied by military men. Archaeological Samples - with this motivation, we seek permanent export for the destructive analysis of 250 undecorated body shards to be selected from the curated collections of the sites of kwaBulawayo (Nat. Site No.: 2831DC 004), uMgundgundlovu (Nat. Site No.: 2831AD 004), and oNdini (Nat. Site No.: 2831AD 010). 100 body shards will be selected from each of the uMgundgundlovu and oNdini collections, and 50 shards will be selected from kwaBulawayo.

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Tuesday, October 29, 2013 - 01:42

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3948

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Parkington, J. & Cronin, M. (1979). The size and layout of uMgungundlovu: 1829-1839. South African Archaeological Society Goodwin Series 3, 133-148.
van Schalkwyk, L. O. (1999). oNdini: The Zulu royal capital of King Cetshwayo ka Mpande (1873-1879). In The constructed past: Experimental archaeology, education and the public, Vol. 36, One World Archaeology, (eds Peter G. Stone & Philippe G. Planel). London: Routledge.
Plug, I. & Roodt, F. (1990). The faunal remains from recent excavations at uMgungundlovu. The South African Archaeological Bulletin 45, 47-52.
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