This paper is based on the dataset that I collected during my doctoral research in Eastern Zimbabwe between 2015 and 2018. The dataset represents an investigation of pre-colonial and contemporary gold mining practices in this area and covers the period from AD 1300–2018 from an anthropological and archaeological perspective. The fieldwork conducted consists of archaeological excavations and surface collections that I carried out at three selected sites. Recovered material culture was then analysed using ethnographic analogies based on interviewing contemporary gold miners who were working near these sites. The dataset will be potentially useful to southern African archaeologists by offering them new direction on pre-colonial gold mining practices in a region where these have only been partially studied as appendages of iron production processes. The use of archaeological ethnography in this research also adds a multi- dimensional perspective in the interpretation of archaeological objects associated with pre-colonial gold mining practices in Eastern Zimbabwe. Funding statement: Financial support for this research project was received from the Wenner Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research through the Wadsworth Foundation African Doctoral Fellowship Programme (2015–2018).

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津巴布韦东部的当代金矿开采：考古，人种学和历史特征

本文基于我在2015年至2018年间在津巴布韦东部的博士研究期间收集的数据集。该数据集代表对该地区殖民前和当代金矿开采实践的调查，涵盖了从1300年至2018年的一段时期。人类学和考古学的观点。我进行的实地考察包括我在三个选定地点进行的考古发掘和地表采集。然后，使用民族志类比法对恢复的物质文化进行分析，该类比法是对在这些场所附近工作的当代金矿工人进行访谈的基础上进行的。该数据集将为南部非洲考古学家提供潜在的有用信息，方法是为他们提供关于该地区殖民前金矿开采实践的新方向，该地区仅对这些生产过程作为铁生产过程的一部分进行了研究。这项研究中考古人种学的使用还为津巴布韦东部与殖民前金矿开采实践有关的考古对象的解释提供了多维视角。资金说明：该研究项目的资金支持是通过沃兹沃思基金会非洲博士奖学金计划（2015-2018年）从温纳格伦人类学基金会获得的。