A Zimbabwe-tradition site 50 km inland from Chibuene, with a central enclosure about 20 m across built of limestone rather than granite, where cattle bones in the centre suggest that only the elite ate beef.
Its occupation begins about 1200 and peaks about 1200-1450, ending by 1700; a Zimbabwe-style iron gong shows its ties to the plateau. On 1 January 1200 it is either just founded or about to be; the date of its stone enclosure is not pinned.
Who holds it
- Title
- Not known
- Since
- Not pinned
- Confidence
- low
Lord in 1200
Not known; its occupation begins about 1200.
How things stand that morning
Just founded or about to be; not pinned.
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.
Trade and crafts
Glass beads and sea shells from the coast; cattle.
Where the sources disagree
- One summary says the enclosure was being built about 1200; Zimbabwe-style walling elsewhere begins at the end of the twelfth century at the earliest, so we treat the enclosure's date as not pinned.
Evidence: Excavated 1975-1978 (Eduardo Mondlane University and the British Institute in Eastern Africa).
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.