Some more important points I picked up from this research:
So whenever people claim southeast Africans (i. e. Zulus & Swazis) were lazy, rabid savages. These archeological findings can prove them wrong.
• The earliest type of walling, Moor Park, dates from the 14th to 16th centuries and is located in defensive positions on hilltops in the midlands, from Bergville to Dundee. This area is historically known as belonging to the AmaTiti Kingdom.
• Moor Park (known as Emhubeni in the native Zulu language), is one of the oldest iron-age sites in KwaZulu-Natal dating back to AD 1300, can be seen from the Makhabeni Hill.
• From an archaeological perspective, the first appearance of Nguni speakers can be recognised by a break in ceramic style; the Nguni style is quite different from the Early Iron Age sequence in the area. This break is dated to about AD 1200.
• Moor Park (known as Emhubeni in the native Zulu language), is one of the oldest iron-age sites in KwaZulu-Natal dating back to AD 1300, can be seen from the Makhabeni Hill.
• From an archaeological perspective, the first appearance of Nguni speakers can be recognised by a break in ceramic style; the Nguni style is quite different from the Early Iron Age sequence in the area. This break is dated to about AD 1200.
Seeing as the first iron tools** in South Africa (i. e. northern KZN) were carbon dated to be from 200 AD, it's possible that older (Zulu) tribes who were already present in modern day Zulu territory were influenced by newer coming Zulu tribes from the north to build such structures in what is said to be 1200 AD.
**Iron tools were typical of Bantu tribes & not the Khoi or San tribes who were still using wooden arrows at the arrival of the Dutch at the Cape of Good Hope.
As a person intrigued with history, I can't help but draw comparisons with the Mwenemutapa Kingdom & Great Zimbabwe who also built such walled structures on hilltops. The descendants of Mwenemutapa & Great Zimbabwe, the Rozvi, also used the bull-horn formation in combat as the Zulu.
As a person intrigued with history, I can't help but draw comparisons with the Mwenemutapa Kingdom & Great Zimbabwe who also built such walled structures on hilltops. The descendants of Mwenemutapa & Great Zimbabwe, the Rozvi, also used the bull-horn formation in combat as the Zulu.
Inzalo yelanga (aka Adam's Calendar in English) is the oldest known solar calendar in the world. It is said to have been built by ancestors of the Swazi people 75 000 years ago. It predates Stonehenge & the Pyramids of Giza by thousands of years. Other ancient Swazi artefacts include the Lebombo Bone which is the oldest known mathematical artefact in the world.
So whenever people claim southeast Africans (i. e. Zulus & Swazis) were lazy, rabid savages. These archeological findings can prove them wrong.
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