Great Zimbabwe Mashonaland, Rhodesia

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Author

Hall, R. N. (Richard Nicklin), 1853-1914

Title

Great Zimbabwe, Mashonaland, Rhodesia An account of two years' examination work in 1902-4 on behalf of the government of Rhodesia

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Produced by MFR, Robert Tonsing, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

DT: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Africa

Subject

Zimbabwe -- Antiquities

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 62501

Release Date

June 27, 2020

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.GREAT ZIMBABWE MASHONALAND, RHODESIA
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.LIST OF PLATES
4. 4.LIST OF DIAGRAMS AND PLANS IN THE TEXT
5. 5.PREFACE [1] — RUINS’ AREA — BURIAL-PLACES OF THE OLD COLONISTS — ABSENCE OF INSCRIPTIONS — TWO PERIODS OF GOLD MANUFACTURE — NORTH ENTRANCE — PARALLEL PASSAGE — SACRED ENCLOSURE — PLATFORM AREA — ENCLOSURES 6, 7, AND 10 — CENTRAL AREA — SUMMIT OF MAIN EAST WALL — PROBABLE AGES OF THE WALLS OF THE ELLIPTICAL TEMPLE — WEST WALL CONTROVERSY — WRITER’S CONCLUSIONS — DESTRUCTION OF THE ORIGINAL WEST WALL — WESTERN TEMPLE — A ZIMBABWE REVIVAL — PRESERVATION OF RUINS — PLAN OF ELLIPTICAL TEMPLE
6. 6.INTRODUCTION BY A. H. KEANE, LL.D.
7. 7.CHAPTER I ARRIVAL AT GREAT ZIMBABWE
8. 8.CHAPTER II MYSTIC ZIMBABWE — MIDNIGHT IN AN ANCIENT TEMPLE — THE ACROPOLIS AT SUNSET
9. 9.CHAPTER III A DAY AT HAVILAH CAMP, ZIMBABWE
10. 10.CHAPTER IV ZIMBABWE DISTRICT — CHIPO-POPO [25] FALLS — FROND GLEN — LUMBO ROCKS — MORGENSTER (“MORNING STAR”) MISSION — WUWULI — MOJEJÈJE, OR “MYSTIC BAR” — SUKU DINGLE — BINGURA’S [26] KRAAL — MOTUMI’S KRAAL — CHIBFUKO — CHIPADZI’S KRAAL — MAPAKU, OR “LITTLE ZIMBABWE” — SCHLICHTER GORGE — CHICAGOMBONI HILL (NINI DISTRICT) — A JAUNT ALONG THE ZIMBABWE AND MOTELEKWE ANCIENT ROAD — SOME OF THE DENIZENS OF THE ZIMBABWE DISTRICT
11. 11.CHAPTER V ZIMBABWE NATIVES — 1. NATIVES AND RUINS — 2. LOCAL NATIVES (GENERAL)
12. 12.CHAPTER VI RELICS AND “FINDS” AT GREAT ZIMBABWE, 1902–4 WITH DESCRIPTIONS, LOCATIONS, AND ASSOCIATIONS [32] — 1. SOAPSTONE ARTICLES — 2. GOLD ARTICLES [35] — 3. COPPER ARTICLES — 4. IRON ARTICLES — 5. BRASS ARTICLES — 6. FOREIGN STONES — 7. BEADS — 8. WHORLS — 9. GLASS POTTERY AND CHINA — 10. A MEDIÆVAL ARAB TRADING STATION
13. 13.CHAPTER VII NOTES ON ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE AT GREAT ZIMBABWE [40] — DEGREE OF DURABILITY OF WALLS — DILAPIDATIONS — OTHER WALLS NOT ANCIENT [42] — REMAINS OF NATIVE HUTS FOUND IN THE RUINS — PASSAGES — ENTRANCES AND BUTTRESSES — CAUSE OF DILAPIDATION TO ENTRANCE BUTTRESSES
14. 14.CHAPTER VIII NOTES ON ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE AT GREAT ZIMBABWE ( Continued ) — DRAINS IN ELLIPTICAL TEMPLE — DRAINS AT ACROPOLIS RUINS — DRAINS IN VALLEY OF RUINS — THE BATTERING OF WALLS — MONOLITHS — SOAPSTONE MONOLITHS AND BEAMS — NUMBER OF MONOLITHS STILL MORE OR LESS ERECT — SLATE AND GRANITE BEAMS. — CEMENT DADOES — BUILT-UP CREVICES — HOLES IN WALLS OTHER THAN DRAINS — BLIND STEPS AND PLATFORMS — ANCIENT WALLS AT A DISTANCE FROM ANY MAIN RUINS ARE OF A LESS SUPERIOR CONSTRUCTION — CEMENT — ANCIENTS AND CAVES AND ROCK HOLES
15. 15.CHAPTER IX THE ELLIPTICAL TEMPLE — CONSTRUCTION — MEASUREMENTS OF MAIN WALL — SUMMIT OF MAIN WALL — FOUNDATION — CHEVRON PATTERN — GROUND SURFACE OF EXTERIOR OF MAIN WALL
16. 16.CHAPTER X THE ELLIPTICAL TEMPLE ( Continued ) — NORTH-WEST ENTRANCE — THE NORTH ENTRANCE — WESTERN ENTRANCE
17. 17.CHAPTER XI THE ELLIPTICAL TEMPLE ( Continued ) — NO. 1 ENCLOSURE — NO. 2 ENCLOSURE — NO. 3 ENCLOSURE — NO. 4 ENCLOSURE — NO. 5 ENCLOSURE — NO. 6 ENCLOSURE — NO. 7 ENCLOSURE
18. 18.CHAPTER XII THE ELLIPTICAL TEMPLE — NO. 8 THE SACRED ENCLOSURE — THE CONICAL TOWER [52] — THE SMALL TOWER — THE PARALLEL PASSAGE
19. 19.CHAPTER XIII THE ELLIPTICAL TEMPLE ( Continued ) — 8a. THE PLATFORM — NO. 9 ENCLOSURE — NO. 10 ENCLOSURE — SOUTH APPROACH TO NO. 10 ENCLOSURE — NO. 11 ENCLOSURE — NO. 12 ENCLOSURE — NO. 13 ENCLOSURE — NO. 14 ENCLOSURE — NO. 15 ENCLOSURE — CENTRAL AREA — PLATFORM AREA — INNER PARALLEL PASSAGE — SOUTH PASSAGE — WEST PASSAGE — NORTH-EAST PASSAGE [57] — OUTER PARALLEL PASSAGE
20. 20.CHAPTER XIV THE ACROPOLIS RUINS — SOUTH-EAST ANCIENT ASCENT — ( a ) THE LOWER PARAPET — ( b ) THE ROCK PASSAGE — ( c ) THE HIGHER PARAPET — WESTERN ENCLOSURE
21. 21.CHAPTER XV THE ACROPOLIS RUINS ( Continued )
22. 22.CHAPTER XVI THE ACROPOLIS RUINS ( Continued ) — PLATFORM ENCLOSURE — CLEFT ROCK ENCLOSURE — THE PLATFORM — BALCONY WALL — LITTLE ENCLOSURE — THE WINDING STAIRS — UPPER PASSAGE — EAST PASSAGE — BUTTRESS PASSAGE — SOUTH ENCLOSURE A — SOUTH CAVE — SOUTH PASSAGE — SOUTH ENCLOSURE B — SOUTH ENCLOSURE C — CENTRAL PASSAGE
23. 23.CHAPTER XVII THE ACROPOLIS RUINS ( Continued ) — THE EASTERN TEMPLE — THE ANCIENT BALCONY — BALCONY ENCLOSURE — BALCONY CAVE — GOLD FURNACE ENCLOSURE — UPPER GOLD FURNACE ENCLOSURE — PATTERN PASSAGE — RECESS ENCLOSURE [61] — NORTH PLATEAU — NORTH PARAPET
24. 24.CHAPTER XVIII THE ACROPOLIS RUINS ( Continued ) — NORTH-WEST ANCIENT ASCENT — THE WATER GATE RUINS — TERRACED ENCLOSURES ON NORTH-WEST FACE OF ZIMBABWE HILL — SOUTH TERRACE — THE “OUTSPAN RUINS”
25. 25.CHAPTER XIX “THE VALLEY OF RUINS” — POSSELT RUINS — SECTION A OF POSSELT RUINS — POSSELT RUINS. SECTION B — PHILIPS RUINS — MAUND RUINS — RENDERS RUINS — MAUCH RUINS — SOUTH-EAST RUINS
26. 26.CHAPTER XX “THE VALLEY OF RUINS” ( Continued ) — NO. 1 RUINS — RIDGE RUINS — CAMP RUINS NO. 1 — CAMP RUIN NO. 2
27. 27.CHAPTER XXI RUINS NEAR ZIMBABWE — EAST RUINS — OTHER RUINS WITHIN THE ZIMBABWE RUINS’ AREA — RUIN NEAR CHENGA’S KRAAL — CHENGA’S AND MADAVID PATH RUINS — MAPAKU, OR “LITTLE ZIMBABWE” RUINS
28. 28.APPENDIX — NOTE A GREAT ZIMBABWE — NOTE B ROBERT M. W. SWAN — NOTE C NOTE ON OLD POTTERY FOUND AT DEPTH AT RENDERS RUINS, GREAT ZIMBABWE, JULY, 1903 — NOTE D ZIMBABWE RUINS — NOTE E — NOTE F INVENTORY OF RELICS AND “FINDS” DISCOVERED BY THE AUTHOR AT GREAT ZIMBABWE IN 1902–3 — NOTE G FORMATION ROCK UNDER ELLIPTICAL TEMPLE
29. 29.INDEX

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