A hilltop above the Luvuvhu in the far north of the Kruger Park where a stone-walled centre of the Zimbabwe culture, working gold, copper and iron, grew from the thirteenth century; the graves of a sixteenth-century king and queen were excavated in the 1990s.
On 1 January 1200 it has not been founded.
Who holds it
- Title
- Not yet founded
- Since
- Not pinned
- Confidence
- low
Lord in 1200
None: not yet occupied as a stone-walled centre.
How things stand that morning
Not yet occupied as a centre.
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
- The brief asked to check its date: thirteenth century to the seventeenth, so later than 1 January 1200.
Evidence: Excavated 1993-1997; the thirteenth-century start comes from the site's summary literature.
Sources and studies
- Thulamela (Wikipedia)
- Koedoe 66 (2024): article on the Iron Age sites of the Letaba in the Kruger National Park (Le6 and Le7), with a review of the Lowveld sequence
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.