This indicates that the abandonment of some of these capitals was unrelated to the mfecane, but was likely tied to more localized factors. www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/stone-town... - ThreadSky

rhaplord.bsky.social • 3 days ago

This indicates that the abandonment of some of these capitals was unrelated to the mfecane, but was likely tied to more localized factors.
https://www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/stone-towns-on-the-highveld-of-south

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rhaplord.bsky.social•3 days ago

At the site of Kweneng for example, only one of the sampled houses shows evidence of a violent end and hasty abandonment. The other eight sampled lobes in the two compounds showed no evidence of burnt and hastily abandoned houses.
https://www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/stone-towns-on-the-highveld-of-south

rhaplord.bsky.social•3 days ago

Despite the seemingly permanent nature of the settlements, residents of some of the towns migrated semi-regularly within the vicinity of the town and beyond. Their populations fluctuated after the installation of new rulers as capitals were reorganized
https://www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/stone-towns-on-the-highveld-of-south

rhaplord.bsky.social•3 days ago

These internal shifts are also mentioned in 19th-century accounts of the capitals, eg the town of Litakun which moved three times in 20 years, and its population fluctuated significantly from 10-15,000 in 1801, to 5,000 inhabitants in 1812
https://www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/stone-towns-on-the-highveld-of-south

rhaplord.bsky.social•3 days ago

The stone settlements of the Highveld were the product of multiple internal and regional processes such as the centralization of political power, the accumulation of cattle wealth, competition between chiefdoms, population growth, and ecological stress
https://www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/stone-towns-on-the-highveld-of-south

rhaplord.bsky.social•3 days ago

While stone architecture may be relatively permanent, its production and maintenance were firmly located within peoples’ changing relationships with the surrounding landscape and resources
https://www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/stone-towns-on-the-highveld-of-south

rhaplord.bsky.social•3 days ago

Both internal processes and regional upheaval influenced the settlement patterns of Sotho-Tswana capitals, as well as the abandonment and establishment of new towns.
https://www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/stone-towns-on-the-highveld-of-south

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