Menzi Nxumalo

Menzi Nxumalo

Institution: University of Pretoria

Email: bongumenzi.nxumalo@northwestern.edu

Bongumenzi (Menzi) Sithembiso Nxumalo holds PhD in archaeology from Cambridge University. He is a lecturer at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. Menzi specializes in geoarchaeology and the landscape and environmental history of southern Africa. He is also interested in early state formation processes and the Early Farming Communities. His research combines the analysis of soil macro- and micromorphology, physical and chemical datasets, and GIS for developing predictive models to explain the environmental stress factors in early southern African societies such as Mapungubwe. He is the inaugural postdoctoral fellow of the Material History Lab in Harris Hall. He has also conducted research in Nigeria as part of the Oyo Empire Archaeology and Heritage Project.