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 www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/stone-town... - ThreadSky

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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

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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

rhaplord.bsky.social•3 days ago

The stone-towns of the Highveld are thus the cumulative legacy of social complexity in southern Africa, preserving fragments of its dynamic social, economic, & political history as it evolved from the end of the Middle Ages to the dawn of the colonial era.
https://www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/stone-towns-on-the-highveld-of-south

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