Английская Википедия:Dzata ruins
Шаблон:More citations needed Шаблон:Infobox ancient site The Dzata Ruins (or Dzana ruins), an archaeological site in Dzanani in the Makhado municipality, Vhembe district, in the north of South Africa, is one of the national monuments in South Africa.[1]
Scholars who have made a study of the various legends and traditions associated with the ruins, find it clear that they are many contradictions. Шаблон:Citation needed Archaeological evidence has shed some lights on these events, but a great deal of work still remains to be done. It is certain that Dzata was built at an earlier date than many people are willing to admit Шаблон:Citation needed. Radiocarbon dates suggest a beginning shortly after AD 1700, with an end some 50 to 60 years later. Шаблон:Citation needed
Documentary proof of this is found in Dutch records, which refer to an interview in 1730 with an African by the name of Mahumane, who had visited the kingdom of Thovhele some five years previously.Шаблон:Citation needed Mahumane described a settlement built of dark-blue stone, with a wall enclosing the whole area. He also mentioned that the chief cities are made of the same stone. To date no stone-walled settlement has been found that is made of dark blue stone, other than Dzata. There is no doubt that Dzata was the capital of united Venda.Шаблон:Citation needed
It is not clear what the role of the legendary Thohoyandou was at this stage.Шаблон:Citation needed It is highly unlikely that he could remain chief throughout this period of a minimum of 50 years that Dzata was the capital. Oral history indicates very strongly that it was after the disappearance of Thohoyandou that Dzata was abandoned, and the Venda nation fragmented once more into independent chiefdoms.Шаблон:Citation needed It seems very likely that Thohoyandou expanded the Venda empire to cover areas as far south as the Olifants River near Phalaborwa. No doubt trade played an important role in this.Шаблон:Citation needed
See also
- Other ruins in South Africa
- Similar ruins outside South Africa
- Bumbusi in Zimbabwe
- Danangombe in Zimbabwe
- Engaruka in Arusha Region, Tanzania
- Khami in Zimbabwe
- Leopard's Kopje
- Manyikeni – in Mozambique
- Naletale in Zimbabwe
- Thimlich Ohinga stone ruins in Migori County, Kenya
- Ziwa in Zimbabwe
- Venda
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