The ruins at Makgwareng belong to type V of the four settlement types; N, V, Z, and R. its most distinctive feature are the corbelled stone dwellings and is thus the most archeologically visible of the four settlement types www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/stone-town... - ThreadSky

rhaplord.bsky.social • 3 days ago

The ruins at Makgwareng belong to type V of the four settlement types; N, V, Z, and R.
its most distinctive feature are the corbelled stone dwellings and is thus the most archeologically visible of the four settlement types
https://www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/stone-towns-on-the-highveld-of-south

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rhaplord.bsky.social•3 days ago

Excavations at the site of Makgwareng (known by its Sotho name of lekgwara —stony hill/the place of stones) revealed multiple episodes of building across various zones beginning in 1520-1660.
https://www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/stone-towns-on-the-highveld-of-south

rhaplord.bsky.social•3 days ago

Finds of valuable material left in situ indicate that the site was hurriedly abandoned around the early 19th century, possibly due to the conflict between Hlubi and the Tlokoa just 60km away.
https://www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/stone-towns-on-the-highveld-of-south

rhaplord.bsky.social•3 days ago

the ruins of Kweneng is made up of three sectors of clustered districts, each comprising several clusters of compounds, circular stone-walled enclosures demarcated spaces for various functions, and a few compounds with stone towers of unknown function.
https://www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/stone-towns-on-the-highveld-of-south

rhaplord.bsky.social•3 days ago

There are a number of narrow passageways lined with stone that were likely used as roads and cattle drives. The settlement was constructed in multiple phases and is dated to between the 15th and 18th centuries
https://www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/stone-towns-on-the-highveld-of-south

rhaplord.bsky.social•3 days ago

According to the archaeologist Karim Sadr, Kweneng is considerably larger than the other known ancient Sotho-Tswana capitals in South Africa, such as Molokwane and Kaditshwene.

https://www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/stone-towns-on-the-highveld-of-south

rhaplord.bsky.social•3 days ago

While Kaditshwene measures 4.5 km long and 1 km wide, and Molokwane is about 2.7 km long and about 750 m wide, the portion of Kweneng surveyed by LiDAR is 10 km long and 2 km wide.
https://www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/stone-towns-on-the-highveld-of-south

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