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Zorluk: KolayMonumental Architecture: Great Zimbabwe and Djenné

Although both are monumental African structures, the Great Mosque of Djenné is built from adobe and timber, whereas the Great Enclosure at Great Zimbabwe represents a different masonry tradition. Which of the following construction techniques was used to build the walls of the Great Enclosure at Great Zimbabwe?

  1. Dry-stone masonry consisting of carefully shaped granite blocks laid without mortarCevap
  2. B
    Adobe brickwork reinforced with projecting wooden poles and coated in clay plaster
  3. C
    Polygonal stonemasonry held together by a mud-and-straw mortar
  4. D
    Cast concrete walls faced with brick and supported by barrel vaults

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Dry-stone masonry consisting of carefully shaped granite blocks laid without mortar
The correct answer is the option describing dry-stone masonry using carefully shaped granite blocks without mortar. The builders of Great Zimbabwe exploited local granite that naturally fractured into thin slabs, refining them into regular blocks and stacking them in even, dry courses to create high, curved walls without the need for binding mortar.

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1
Identify the primary building material of the Great Enclosure at Great Zimbabwe.
The walls of the Great Enclosure are composed of local granite blocks.
Establishing the base material prevents confusing the stone structures of Zimbabwe with mud-brick structures elsewhere.
2
Recall the specific masonry technique used to construct these granite walls.
The granite blocks were shaped and stacked in regular courses without using mortar (dry-stone masonry).
This identifies the correct construction methodology that defines the monument's engineering.

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The Great Enclosure at Great Zimbabwe is renowned for its monumental dry-stone masonry, which features coursed granite blocks assembled without mortar.
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Monumental Architecture: Great Zimbabwe and Djenné

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