博科尼
博科尼的丘陵间,石墙围起宅院、田地和牲畜通道。梯田攀上东部断崖的山坡,构成绵延约150公里的农耕景观的一部分。这里密集的聚落从约1500年繁盛至19世纪初。莫霍马齐曾是其中一处中心,后来还有莫赫洛佩拉和库特瓦嫩。遗迹显示,当地社群组织了大量劳力,在山地耕作并建造家园。
参考资料
- www.archaeology.org.za/events/women’s-quotidian-farm-labour-and-construction-khutwaneng-farmscape-bokoni-south-africa
- www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-african-history/article/abs/order-openness-and-economic-change-in-precolonial-southern-africa-a-perspective-from-the-bokoni-terraces/39152E5A9EB8E02BA54E201D97EDB30D
- www.wits.ac.za/news/latest-news/opinion/2021/2021-05/how-pots-sand-and-stone-walls-helped-us-date-an-ancient-sa-settlement.html