| Main centres: | 1-3 business days |
| Regional areas: | 3-4 business days |
| Remote areas: | 3-5 business days |
By Thomas N. Huffman. Witwatersrand University Press, 1996 (first edition).
Softcover, 228 pages. Good condition. The corners show signs of handling. Front cover has a slight bend. The pages are neat and clean and the binding is good. Name of former owner in front.
Great Zimbabwe is only one of many similar ruins in present-day Zimbabwe, eastern Botswana, the northern Transvaal, Venda and parts of Mozambique (the Zimbabwe culture area). Using both contemporary and medieval ethnographic data, Huffman explains the layouts of the sites in the Zimbabwe ruins, the structuring of specific units and the symbolism built into individual walls. Stylized snakes and crocodiles, for instance, appear everywhere, a reflection of their pervasive symbolic presence within Shona society. Huffmann uses his archaeological data to show how certain tribal customs have changed.
