Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape

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World Heritage Site archaeological site cultural landscape historic site

Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape is an archaeological and cultural World Heritage site in northern South Africa that preserves the remains of an ancient African kingdom and early evidence of complex society and trade in the region.

Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form As subject As object
Mapungubwe National Park 0 3
Kingdom of Mapungubwe 0 1
Mapungubwe 0 1
Mapungubwe Hill 0 1
Mapungubwe Hill settlement remains 0 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World Heritage Site →
archaeological site →
cultural landscape →
historic site →
associatedTradeGoods ceramics →
glass beads →
gold →
ivory →
associatedTradeRoutes Indian Ocean trade network →
associatedWith Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Kingdom of Mapungubwe
contains Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Mapungubwe Hill settlement remains

earthen terraces →
elite hilltop burials →
glass beads →
gold artefacts →
imported ceramics →
iron-smelting sites →
stone-walled structures →
country South Africa →
demonstrates early class-based social stratification in southern Africa →
separation of elite and commoner residential areas →
famousArtifact gold bowl →
gold rhinoceros →
gold sceptre →
followedBy Great Zimbabwe →
inscriptionYear 2003 →
locatedIn Limpopo Province →
northern South Africa →
locatedNear Limpopo River →
Shashe River →
locatedOn Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Mapungubwe Hill
mainOccupationPeriod c. 1220–1290 CE →
managedBy South African National Parks →
partOf Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Mapungubwe National Park
periodOfFlourishing c. 900–1300 CE →
precededBy K2 archaeological site →
region Limpopo →
surface form: Limpopo Valley
researchDiscipline archaeology →
heritage studies →
significance evidence of early complex society in southern Africa →
evidence of long-distance trade networks →
evidence of the first indigenous kingdom in southern Africa →
transboundaryContext border area of South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe →
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory Cultural →
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (ii) →
(iii) →
(iv) →
(v) →
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 1099 →
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus inscribed →

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape → associatedWith → Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Mapungubwe
Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape → contains → Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Mapungubwe Hill settlement remains
Limpopo → hasProtectedArea → Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape →
this entity surface form: Mapungubwe National Park
Limpopo Province → hasProtectedArea → Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape →
this entity surface form: Mapungubwe National Park
South Africa → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape →
Limpopo Province → hasWorldHeritageSite → Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape →
Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape → locatedOn → Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Mapungubwe Hill
Order of Mapungubwe → namedAfter → Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape →
this entity surface form: Mapungubwe
Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape → partOf → Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Mapungubwe National Park