The pioneering female anthropologist Gertrude Caton-Thompson was targeted with a lot of hostility for her assertions about this city.
The pioneering female anthropologist Gertrude Caton-Thompson was targeted with a lot of hostility for her assertions about this city. After the destruction of this city, the craftsmanship it pioneered moved to Khami to its south. The earliest written record of this city was made by Vicente Pegado, captain of the garrison at Sofala. Robert Gayre is the most prominent historian to claim that this city was built by a Jewish-descended group called the (*) Lemba. The "Conical Tower" at this site was constructed between the two walls of its "Great Enclosure." One of the eight soapstone bird carvings recovered from this site appears on the flag of a modern-day country. For 10 points, name this Shona-constructed fortified city located in the hills of a namesake southern African country.   
The pioneering female anthropologist Gertrude Caton-Thompson was targeted with a lot of hostility for her assertions about this city.
Great Zimbabwe 