Matendere

Matendere is a stone-built centre in the upper Save country, among the largest groups of such monuments on the Zimbabwean plateau. Its enclosures were built without mortar, with herringbone and dentelle patterns worked into the masonry. Nearby, the Muchuchu complex has retaining walls supporting a platform on a rocky slope. Glass beads, shell discs, pottery and copper and bronze objects found at Matendere recall a community whose crafts and connections extended beyond the walls themselves.