Mtanye

Mtanye was a hilltop centre in the country north of the Shashe and Limpopo rivers. Its stone walls and terraced platforms stand among traces of a long-lived farming and herding community. Imported glass beads and pottery connect Mtanye with other centres of the region, including Mapela and Mapungubwe. Their shared styles and objects speak of relationships between communities that exchanged goods and ideas across southern Zambezia in the early centuries of the second millennium.