About the Authors

Shadreck Chirikure

shadreck.chirikure@uct.ac.za

Affiliation Department of Archaeology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Munyaradzi Manyanga

Affiliation Department of History, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

A. Mark Pollard

Affiliation Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

Foreman Bandama

Affiliation Department of Archaeology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Godfrey Mahachi

Affiliation National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

Innocent Pikirayi

Affiliation Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SC MM AMP. Performed the experiments: AMP SC. Analyzed the data: SC MM IP GM FB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AMP. Wrote the paper: SC FB AMP IP GM MM.