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

Work Types:

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>)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

African art

Creation Date: built between 1270 and 1450

Creator Display:

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)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

Specific Subjects:

	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.