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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
INDEX
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