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The Glass Beads from Hlamba Mlonga, Zimbabwe: Classification, Context and Interpretation

The Glass Beads from Hlamba Mlonga, Zimbabwe: Classification, Context and Interpretation The glass beads excavated at Hlamba Mlonga, a 10th to 15 th century AD site in eastern Zimbabwe, are catalogued and separated into bead series based on morphology. They are compared to closely related beads that occur in archaeological contexts of the same period in the Shashe-Limpopo basin and the Zimbabwe culture area. Trade links and political consequences of trade shifts are explored. The chemical composition of selected beads, which arrived at a port (or ports) in southern Mozambique and from there were traded to Hlamba Mlonga and other sites in the interior, suggests they were manufactured in the Indian subcontinent and/or Southeast Asia. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of African Archaeology Brill

The Glass Beads from Hlamba Mlonga, Zimbabwe: Classification, Context and Interpretation

Journal of African Archaeology , Volume 7 (2): 219 – Oct 25, 2009

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Brill
Copyright
© Copyright 2009 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
1612-1651
eISSN
2191-5784
DOI
10.3213/1612-1651-10140
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Abstract

The glass beads excavated at Hlamba Mlonga, a 10th to 15 th century AD site in eastern Zimbabwe, are catalogued and separated into bead series based on morphology. They are compared to closely related beads that occur in archaeological contexts of the same period in the Shashe-Limpopo basin and the Zimbabwe culture area. Trade links and political consequences of trade shifts are explored. The chemical composition of selected beads, which arrived at a port (or ports) in southern Mozambique and from there were traded to Hlamba Mlonga and other sites in the interior, suggests they were manufactured in the Indian subcontinent and/or Southeast Asia.

Journal

Journal of African ArchaeologyBrill

Published: Oct 25, 2009

Keywords: Glass beads; Zimbabwe; Hlamba Mlonga; Indian Ocean trade

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