Tlokwe Ruins
| Tlokwe Ruins | |
|---|---|
  Location of Tlokwe Ruins in Gauteng | |
| Nearest city | Fochville |
| Coordinates | 26°29′S27°29′E/ 26.483°S 27.483°E |
TheTlokwe Ruinsare the remains ofSotho-Tswanasettlements on the hills surroundingFochvilleinGauteng,South Africa. They were inhabited until the inhabitants were driven away byMzilikaziin the 1820s.[1]
The Sotho-Tswana people lived in this area for roughly 300 years before the 1815-1840Difaqaneand the 1815-1816 volcanic winter. They farmed sorghum, maize and cattle in the fertile valleys and had a thriving community. During the Difaqane they accepted refugees from the south and eventually, caving in to both population and environmental pressures, moved toward theBritsarea.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^Anderson 2009,Chapter 2.
- ^"Walking in the ruins of a lost world in Melville Koppies".Mail and Guardian.14 November 2013.
- ^"Fochville".tourismnorthwest.co.za.
- Anderson, Mark Steven (2009).The historical archaeology of Marothodi: towards an understanding of space, identity and the organisation of production at an early 19th century Tlokwa capital in the Pilansberg region of South Africa(PhD).University of Cape Town.hdl:11427/8924.
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