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GREAT ZIMBABWE MASHONALAND, RHODESIA CONTENTS LIST OF PLATES LIST OF DIAGRAMS AND PLANS IN THE TEXT PREFACE

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

INTRODUCTION BY A. H. KEANE, LL.D. CHAPTER I ARRIVAL AT GREAT ZIMBABWE CHAPTER II MYSTIC ZIMBABWE

MIDNIGHT IN AN ANCIENT TEMPLE THE ACROPOLIS AT SUNSET

CHAPTER III A DAY AT HAVILAH CAMP, ZIMBABWE 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

CHAPTER V ZIMBABWE NATIVES

1. NATIVES AND RUINS 2. LOCAL NATIVES (GENERAL)

CHAPTER VI RELICS AND “FINDS” AT GREAT ZIMBABWE, 1902–4 WITH DESCRIPTIONS, LOCATIONS, AND ASSOCIATIONS

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

CHAPTER VII NOTES ON ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE AT GREAT ZIMBABWE

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

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

CHAPTER IX THE ELLIPTICAL TEMPLE

CONSTRUCTION MEASUREMENTS OF MAIN WALL SUMMIT OF MAIN WALL FOUNDATION CHEVRON PATTERN GROUND SURFACE OF EXTERIOR OF MAIN WALL

CHAPTER X THE ELLIPTICAL TEMPLE (Continued)

NORTH-WEST ENTRANCE THE NORTH ENTRANCE WESTERN ENTRANCE

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

CHAPTER XII THE ELLIPTICAL TEMPLE

NO. 8 THE SACRED ENCLOSURE THE CONICAL TOWER[52] THE SMALL TOWER THE PARALLEL PASSAGE

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

CHAPTER XIV THE ACROPOLIS RUINS

SOUTH-EAST ANCIENT ASCENT (a) THE LOWER PARAPET (b) THE ROCK PASSAGE (c) THE HIGHER PARAPET WESTERN ENCLOSURE

CHAPTER XV THE ACROPOLIS RUINS (Continued) 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

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

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”

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

CHAPTER XX “THE VALLEY OF RUINS” (Continued)

NO. 1 RUINS RIDGE RUINS CAMP RUINS NO. 1 CAMP RUIN NO. 2

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

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

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