Robert Soper's Nyanga, published by the British Institute in Eastern Africa in 2002, is the standard archaeological account of the Nyanga terraced field and settlement complex in Zimbabwe, including Mount Nyangani, based on Soper's own survey and excavation work. Its strength is that it is a peer-reviewed excavation report by the specialist most closely associated with the site's modern archaeological study. Its limit is that it is an archaeological account of the physical remains rather than an ethnographic study of Manyika religious practice associated with the mountain today, so a claim about that living religious significance needs a source addressing it directly.
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Robert Soper's Nyanga, published by the British Institute in Eastern Africa in 2002, is the standard archaeological account of the terraced field system, treated at the top tier. NotesThe standard archaeological account of the Nyanga terrace complex and of Mount Nyangani in Manyika practice.
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AuthorRobert Soper
PublisherBritish Institute in Eastern Africa
Publication Year2002
Source TypeExcavation report
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Source Nyanga: Ancient Fields, Settlements and Agricultural History in ZimbabweRobert Soper
Claims Backed By This Source (23 claims)
This source backs 23 claims across the atlas. As facts: 18 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sacred Sites, 11 claims: 8 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Articles, 3 claims: 3 well-attested.
- Cultures, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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