THE ARCHAEOLOGY AND PREHISTORY OF CENTRAL SOUTHERN ZAMBIA, 400 BCE CE1800 [Print Replica] Kindle Edition

This book presents a substantial revision of the 2200 years-Iron Age sequence and traditions of CentralSouthern Zambia, an area that has received the best attention of archaeological studies in the wholenation of Zambia over a period of 56 years, and yet with no comprehensive book to depict this wealth ofdata. Using evidence from over 40 excavated Iron Age sites, ethno-linguistic evidence and geography,the author pieces together the contours of Central Southern Zambia's past thereby uncovering who theprehistoric communities of this vast expanse of Zambia's territory were and are today, all wrapped-upin one book.The Botatwe/Bone-Lenje, Ila, Soli and Tonga and dialects, the Nambya/Nanzwa and theGoba/Korekore(named Kalomo Tradition by archeaologists of the past) and the Luyana Lumbu are alllinked to their movements, prehistoric villages and their remains and life and livelihoods. This is indeeda fascinating story of a part of Zambia's prehistoric past never told in any one book before.Most importantly, this book like the one just before it entitled Barotseland Western Zambia: the BantuDestination, demonstrates the immense value of archaeology to unraveling a nation's past and therebyhelp a nation to understand itself and help it resolve some of its current challenges. This book resolves,hopefully, the tribal cum xenophobia and particularly the vexing questions over the years on and/or ofwho the Botatwe, the Nambya, the Subiya and Luyana Lumbu are and where they are originated fromand when they came to the territory they are in and perhaps who they are, today-a truly Bantu mix ofeach other.In describing the main book where this book has been extracted from (and then elaborated) entitledThe Prehistory of the 73 Bantu Languages and Language Groups of Zambia, two well reknownedarchaeologists globally who have also authored books on Zambia's archaeological and prehistoric pasthad this to say: Professor Emeritus David Phillipson, England-"It is a notable part of the foundation onwhich a new generation of researchers will be able to base their studies of the African past" and DrRobbin Derricourt, Australia-"This book is a bold, even heroic venture, seeking, as I see it, to correctsimplified images of Zambia's past" Read more