Mabveni

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Mabvebi is an archaeological site of a historical settlement on the Great Zimbabwe Plateau in Zimbabwe . The settlement dates from 180 to 370 and is counted to the early Iron Age and considered to be the forerunner of Gokomere . Cattle farming was apparently known. Cultural ties to the Toromoja area in Botswana are suspected.

literature

  • Thomas N. Huffman, Archeology and Ethnohistory of the African Iron Age , Annual Review of Anthropology, Vol. 11, 1982 (1982), pp. 133-150
  • Merrick Posnansky, Bantu Genesis-Archaeological Reflexions , The Journal of African History, Vol. 9, No. 1 (1968), pp. 1-11

Coordinates: 19 ° 56 ′  S , 30 ° 46 ′  E