ANCIENT MINING IN RHODESIA

...and adjacent area. First hardcover edition with dust jacket published by the National Museums of Rhodesia as Museum Memoir No 3, 1969.  

A new dimension to the proto-historical period of Zimbabwe and the rich empire that existed, based on mineral wealth. The author also explores ancient prospecting, mining techniques, output as well as the trade routes employed.. "By combining the records of the Mines Department, the recollections of prospectors and miners, the findings of geologists and archaeologists, the writings of chroniclers (mainly Portuguese) and the tribal memory of African peoples, it has been possible to put together the story of mining and trading going back fifteen hundred years".

236 pages. Illustrated and with a map inside back cover. A  very scarce book in good condition.