ncides with the decline of Great Zimbabwe. The reasons for this decline are not clear but it has been suggested that the large population living here may have exerted ecological pressure on the immediate environment, leading to social, economic and political instability.
Further reading: Caton-Thompson, G. The Zimbabwe Culture, Ruins and Reactions Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1931; Garlake, P. S. Great Zimbabwe Thames and Hudson, London, 1973; Garlake, P. S. Great Zimbabwe Described and Explained Zimbabwe Publishing House, Harare, 1982; Hall, R. N. Great Zimbabwe Methuen, London, 1902; Hall, R. N. & Neal, W. G. The Ancient Ruins of Rhodesia Methuen, London, 1906; Mu-fuka, K. Dzimbahwe Life and Politics in the Golden Age 1100-1500 AD Harare Publishing House, Harare, 1983; Summers, R., Rob-inson, K. R. & Whitty, A. Zimbabwe excavations, 1958' in Occasional Papers of the National Museums of Rhodesia (vol 3, no 23A, 1961)