An Iron Age site on the Zambian Copperbelt. It has given its name to the local manifestation of the Early Iron Age complex apparently established in the 4th or 5th century ad. Its closest affinities at this time were with the Lusaka area (compare Kapwir-imbwe) and, probably, with areas further to the west. Smallscale exploitation of the region’s copper deposits dates from the time of this Early Iron Age occupation, when there is also some evidence for the growth of interregional trade.
The Macmillan dictionary of archaeology, Ruth D. Whitehouse, 1983Copied