Research Home Tools Cutural Objects Names Authority | |||||
Cultural Objects Names Authority® Full Record Display | |||||
ID: 700000174 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000174 | Record Type: Built Work |
Great Enclosure (complex (buildings and sites); unknown Shona (African); built between 1270 and 1450) | |
Note: One of the three stone-wall enclosures at Great Zimbabwe; it is the largest ancient structure in sub-Saharan Africa. | |
Titles: |
Great Enclosure (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U) |
Catalog Level: component |
complex (buildings and sites) [300000202] (preferred) |
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Built Complexes and Districts (hierarchy name)) |
ruins [300008057] |
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by condition>) |
architecture (preferred) |
African art |
Creation Date: built between 1270 and 1450 |
unknown Shona (African) [preferred,VP] |
architects unknown Shona (Shona cultural designation) [500204241] |
Locations: |
Great Zimbabwe [6002348] Great Zimbabwe Ruins National Park (national park), Masvingo Province (province), Zimbabwe (nation), Africa (continent), World (facet) (Geographic) |
Display Materials: mortarless stone construction and ruined daga (earthen and mud-brick) buildings |
stone (worked rock) [300011176] | |
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), <rock by form>) |
daga (soil) [300014356] | |
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, combination inorganic/organic material, soil, <soil by form or function>) |
mortarless construction [300374945] | |
.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, assembling (additive and joining process), construction (assembling), <construction technique by form or materials>) |
Dimensions: outer wall: around 250 m (820 feet) in circumference; maximum height: 11 m (36 feet) |
architecture (preferred,isness) |
dwelling [300005425] | |
.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, residential structures) (AAT) |
List/Hierarchical Position: |
..... Built Works |
.......... Built Works by class: institutional, public, commercial, and industrial buildings |
............... Great Zimbabwe National Monument complex |
Sources and Contributors: | |
Great Enclosure | ........ [VP] |
........ Bahn, One Hundred Great Archaeological Discoveries (1995) | |
........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) | |
Subject: ....... [VP] |
Note: | |
English | ..... [VP] |
..... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Great Zimbabwe," accessed 24 February 2006 | |
..... Bahn, One Hundred Great Archaeological Discoveries (1995) 46 ff. | |
|
||||||||
|