A hill near the Zambezi and Lusitu confluence whose famous rich burials, with gold beads, copper cross ingots, cloth and Indian Ocean beads, date to the mid fifteenth to mid seventeenth century, most likely the sixteenth (McIntosh and Fagan 2017).
An earlier first-millennium occupation is possible. It was not a trading centre on 1 January 1200.
Who holds it
- Title
- Not occupied as a trading centre in 1200
- Since
- Not pinned
- Confidence
- low
Lord in 1200
None in 1200 as far as the evidence shows.
How things stand that morning
Not a trading centre in 1200.
Charter
None: a settlement under a chief, without written privileges.
Fairs and markets
No fixed markets are known; exchange at the chief's court and with visiting traders.
Where the sources disagree
- Older accounts date the rich burials to the fourteenth or even the seventh to eleventh centuries; the 2017 re-dating puts them in the fifteenth-sixteenth.
Evidence: Radiocarbon dating of burial cloth (2017).
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.