Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Great Zimbabwe National Monument' has mentioned 'Culture' in the following places:
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The majority of scholars believe that it was built by members of the Gokomere culture, who were the ancestors of the modern Shona in Zimbabwe. | WIKI |
It is thought that they represent the bateleur eagle xe2x80x93 a good omen, protective spirit and messenger of the gods in Shona culture. | WIKI |
However, archaeological evidence and recent scholarship support the construction of Great Zimbabwe (and the origin of its culture) by the Shona and Venda peoples. | WIKI |
Archaeologists generally agree that the builders probably spoke one of the Shona languages,[74][75] based upon evidence of pottery,[76][77] oral traditions[71][78] and anthropology[2] and were probably descended from the Gokomere culture. | WIKI |
[63] The Gokomere culture, an eastern Bantu subgroup, existed in the area from around 200 AD and flourished from 500 AD to about 800 AD. | WIKI |
Archaeological evidence indicates that it constitutes an early phase of the Great Zimbabwe culture. | WIKI |
[9][71][79][80] The Gokomere culture likely gave rise to both the modern Mashona people,[81] an ethnic cluster comprising distinct sub-ethnic groups such as the local Karanga clan[citation needed] and the Rozwi culture, which originated as several Shona states. | WIKI |
[82] Gokomere peoples were probably also related to certain nearby early Bantu groups like the Mapungubwe civilisation of neighbouring North eastern South Africa, which is believed to have been an early Venda-speaking culture, and to the nearby Sotho. | WIKI |
This university is an arts and culture based university which draws from the rich history of the monuments. | WIKI |