O significado arqueológico da geormofologia de Massingir

Abstract

This Monograph focuses on the study of Geomorphology in sites archaeological sites in Massingir. Therefore, for the realization of this monograph it was possible to through data collected in the field, literature review and maps related to relief studies and archaeological research carried out in Massingir. However, based on these data, it was possible to understand the different forms of relief, where the Man of prehistory was selective in the choice of the same, therefore, the greater part of the archaeological sites of Massingir are located near the river, with this, indicates that prehistoric man preferred areas close to watercourses specifically on the plains. However, it should be noted that most of the region of Massingir is bathed in the relief of floodplains along the Limpopo rivers, Changane and Elephants River, and the other zones are bathed by the relief of plateau and the mount of limbobos, these mounts are structured in chain of guidance predominant North-South from 400 to 500 m of average altitude (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)