Full Text Available
Note: Clicking the button above will open the full text document at the original institutional repository in a new window.
Livestock management strategies in the 13th Century Mapungubwe Hinterland
Dissertation (MA (Archaeology))--University of Pretoria, 2023.
Saved in:
| Other Authors: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
University of Pretoria
2024
|
| Subjects: | |
| Tags: |
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1867613547087790080 |
|---|---|
| access_status_str | Open Access |
| author2 | Antonites, Alex J. |
| author_browse | Antonites, Alex J. |
| author_facet | Antonites, Alex J. |
| collection | Thesis |
| dc_rights_str_mv | © 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. |
| description | Dissertation (MA (Archaeology))--University of Pretoria, 2023. |
| format | Thesis |
| id | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/94342 |
| institution | University of Pretoria (South Africa) |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2026-06-10T12:37:52.763Z |
| license_str | Other — see source repository |
| provenance_str_mv | Harvested via OAI-PMH from UPSpace — University of Pretoria Institutional Repository |
| publishDate | 2024 |
| publishDateRange | 2024 |
| publishDateSort | 2024 |
| publisher | University of Pretoria |
| publisherStr | University of Pretoria |
| record_format | dspace |
| source_str | UPSpace — University of Pretoria Institutional Repository |
| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/94342 Livestock management strategies in the 13th Century Mapungubwe Hinterland Antonites, Alex J. tyronhopf@gmail.com Hall, Grant Hopf, Tyron Denis UCTD Stable Isotopes Archaeology Livestock Management Practices Middle Iron Age Social Complexity Dissertation (MA (Archaeology))--University of Pretoria, 2023. 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. National Research Foundation (NRF) project “Mapungubwe Environment and Economy Project” (HSD170606237401). Anthropology and Archaeology MA (Archaeology) Unrestricted Faculty of Humanities 2024-02-06T12:27:53Z 2024-02-06T12:27:53Z 2024-04 2023 Dissertation * A2024 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/94342 DOI: 10.25403/UPresearchdata.25117289 en © 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. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Stable Isotopes Archaeology Livestock Management Practices Middle Iron Age Social Complexity Livestock management strategies in the 13th Century Mapungubwe Hinterland |
| title | Livestock management strategies in the 13th Century Mapungubwe Hinterland |
| title_full | Livestock management strategies in the 13th Century Mapungubwe Hinterland |
| title_fullStr | Livestock management strategies in the 13th Century Mapungubwe Hinterland |
| title_full_unstemmed | Livestock management strategies in the 13th Century Mapungubwe Hinterland |
| title_short | Livestock management strategies in the 13th Century Mapungubwe Hinterland |
| title_sort | livestock management strategies in the 13th century mapungubwe hinterland |
| topic | UCTD Stable Isotopes Archaeology Livestock Management Practices Middle Iron Age Social Complexity |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/94342 |