Tag: Sources of Southern African History

Our knowledge of the Early  Iron Age is  based virtually on archaeological findings.  Some archaeological findings were found in Zimbabwe. Archaeologists  have identified  artefacts by the names of the places where they were found such as Ziwa,  Gokomere,  Mabveni, Malapati, Zhizo and Hwange game reserve.

The Stone Age period  has been divided into three main periods;  Early,  Middle and Late Stone Age. The Stone Age period was basically characterised  by hunter-gatherer societies until the birth of agricultural societies. The Khoisan were the characters of this period  in Zimbabwe.

Research in any particular theme,  issue or society requires the use of a wide variety of sources to reconstruct and provide social,  economic and political  evidence of the past. Sources of historical  evidence are bases,  methods and means used by researchers to rebuild the narrative of settlements,  activities and systems of societies.