Archaeology, Local History, and Heritage in Limpopo National Park

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Archaeology in Mozambique: Current Issues and Topics in Archaeology and Heritage Management" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Over a period of several years (from 2003 to 2018), we carried out interviews on local history in combination with archaeological surveys, vegetation studies, and livelihood assessments in several villages in Limpopo National Park (LNP), southern Mozambique. We present the results of the archaeological recognizance of the area in terms of long term ecology and social and political changes in the region. We also present the results of our collaborative work with local residents, in particular village elders to map the history of the different lineages in the area and the documentation of oral history. We problematize the differential ways of reading and being in the landscape between the archaeologists and the residents. Lastly, we discuss the role of heritage sites in the area and in particular the negotiation of heritage and authority in the context of physical displacement of communities in the context of conservation, contrasting and comparing with historical and contemporary displacements across the border.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 86th Annual Meeting, Online (2021)   •
• Archaeology in Mozambique: Current Issues and Topics in Archaeology and Heritage Management

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Abstract Id(s): 32791