Interpretação da Estação Arqueológica de Malessane - Gurué, na província da Zambézia, na sua relação com as tradições cerâmicas do I milénio AD : a pensar na terminologia

Abstract

This work interprets the archaeological station of Malessane ”Gurué", in the province of Zambézia, in its relationship with the Ceramic Traditions of the 1st millennium AD: thinking about terminology. The study was based on the results of the archaeological investigation carried out by Santos Júnior at the Station Archaeological Site of Malessane which were later published by Conceição Rodrigues in her 2006 work. In this context, in this work the term Farmers and Shepherds Communities is used instead of the so-called Iron Age to interpret the Malessane Archaeological Station. To resolve the research problem, Ceramic Traditions from the 1st millennium AD of Mozambique are identified, in the context of the Southern African region, which are related to the Malessane station, in the province of Zambézia. The analysis carried out is based on archaeological parameters, such as the decoration and shape of the pottery found, being associated with the traditions of Nkope, from Malawi, Kwale from Kenya and Tanzania and Matola from Mozambique. The study carried out made it possible to reconvert the Iron Age, previously used, into the term Agricultural Communities in Mozambique for the interpretation of the Malessane Archaeological Station, in the province of Zambézia(TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)