Historical Ecology and State Formation in the Shashi-Limpopo Region of Southern Africa: a Cross-Disciplinary Approach, 2017

The project aimed to enhance knowledge of Mapela Hill in the Shashi-Limpopo river confluence region of southern Africa, and its role in the rise of socio-political complexity and state formation in the period from the turn to the second millennium AD until AD 1900. The primary objective was to understand the ecological, environmental, culture-historical and technological transformations occasioned by the increased complexity in the region in a longterm perspective, up to the present day. Data was collected through archaeological excavations, interviews, observations of activities in workspaces, and visits to clay sources.

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