Table of Contents

Preface; Acknowledgements; Authors and contributors; Introduction; Mapungubwe: A living legacy; Understanding the past in the present; Frontiers and interaction; Ethnicity, conflicts, cleavages and cooperation in precolonial South Africa; Trade and state formation; The metalworking industry of Mapungubwe; Heritage & environmental protection; Final thoughts; References; Index.

About the Author

Rachel Browne has a Master's in Developmental Management from the School of Public and Developmental Management at the University of the Witwatersrand. Dr Shadreck Chirikure obtained his BA and Honours degrees from the University of Zimbabwe. Prof Peter Delius has several books to his name, including: The Land Belongs to Us, The Conversion, Putting a Plough to the Ground 1850-1930 and Mpumalanga: An Illustrated History. Amanda Esterhuysen is Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of the Witwatersrand. Dr Simon Hall is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Archaeology at UCT. Michelle Hay is Associate Lecturer in History at the University of the Witwatersrand. Sekibakiba Peter Lekgoathi is an associate professor of history at the University of the Witwatersrand.