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The finds of worked gold artifacts at Mapungubwe and other areas in the Southern African interior dating back to about the end of the first millennium A.D. are of great interest in revealing the level and techniques of manufacturing carried on in the region at this time.
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Oddy, A. Gold in the Southern African iron age. Gold Bull 17, 70–78 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03214702
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