Hall, M 1996, 'Heads and tales' , Representations (54) , pp. 104-123.
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Abstract
On 5 September 1871 Carl Mauch, an energetic and credulous explorer of central southern Africa, was led along a "long line of tumbled down stones" to "masses of rubble and parts of walls and dense thickets"; the place that was to become known as Great Zimbabwe. In 1956 or 1957 (the record is unclear), a schoolboy exploring the veld several hundred kilometers to the south discovered the sherds of a broken terra-cotta head. The pieces, which fitted easily together, showed two heavily lidded eyes and a nose, clearly part of a human face, now known as the Lydenburg Heads.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Themes: | Subjects / Themes > C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CC Archaeology Memory, Text and Place |
| Schools: | Schools > No Research Centre Schools > School of Health and Society > Centre for Applied Research in Health, Welfare and Policy |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Representations |
| Publisher: | University of California Press |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| ISSN: | 0734-6018 |
| Depositing User: | AL Sherwin |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Dec 2009 11:08 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Feb 2022 09:05 |
| URI: | https://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/2657 |
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