It was during this period that agglomerated stone-built townscapes like Molokwane, Kaditshwene, and Bokoni* proliferated across the northern highveld. www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/stone-town... - ThreadSky

rhaplord.bsky.social • 3 days ago

It was during this period that agglomerated stone-built townscapes like Molokwane, Kaditshwene, and Bokoni* proliferated across the northern highveld.
https://www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/stone-towns-on-the-highveld-of-south

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rhaplord.bsky.social•3 days ago

These massive, sprawling towns incorporated a wide variety of architectural spaces, including semiprivate courtyards and living areas, cattle kraals and passages running through the center of local activity, public courts, and areas used for crafts
https://www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/stone-towns-on-the-highveld-of-south

rhaplord.bsky.social•3 days ago

On the northern Highveld, agglomerated towns like Molokwane, Marothodi, and Kaditshwene represented the late 18th-century capitals of Kwena, Tlokwa, and Hurutshe states.
https://www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/stone-towns-on-the-highveld-of-south

rhaplord.bsky.social•3 days ago

The largest of these is Molokwane, covering an estimated 5km2. John Campbell, who visited Kaditshwene (Kurreechane) in 1820, reported a population of 16,000 to 20,000, apparently more than that of Cape Town at the time.
https://www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/stone-towns-on-the-highveld-of-south

rhaplord.bsky.social•3 days ago

A similarly sized capital was Pitsane of the Baralong, located further north in Botswana, it was said to have about 20,0000 inhabitants according to Robert Moffat.
https://www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/stone-towns-on-the-highveld-of-south

rhaplord.bsky.social•3 days ago

The layouts of these settlements demonstrated different attitudes toward the control of space and resources. Molokwane’s and Marothodi’s layouts emphasized the central location of the kraal, while the same was segregated in Kaditshwene
https://www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/stone-towns-on-the-highveld-of-south

rhaplord.bsky.social•3 days ago

Marothodi featured evidence of significant metalworking of copper and iron, some of which was likely exported to Molokwane, which yielded finds of worked metal but no evidence of metalworking.
https://www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/stone-towns-on-the-highveld-of-south

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