{{Short description|Archaeological site in Malawi}} {{Infobox ancient site | name = Mankhamba | map_type = Malawi#Africa | coordinates = {{coord|14|12|S|34|30|E|display=inline,title}} | location = Dedza District, Malawi | type = Settlement | part_of = Maravi Empire | built = 13th century CE | abandoned = Late-18th or early-19th century | epochs = | cultures = Maravi }} '''Mankhamba''' is an archaeological site in Malawi. It was the capital of the Maravi Empire. It was settled from around the 13th century and abandoned in the late-18th or early-19th century.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Juwayeyi |first=Yusuf M. |date=2010-08-01 |title=Archaeological excavations at Mankhamba, Malawi: An early settlement site of the Maravi |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/0067270X.2010.491947 |journal=Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa |volume=45 |issue=2 |pages=175–202 |doi=10.1080/0067270X.2010.491947 |issn=0067-270X|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite book |last=Juwayeyi |first=Yusuf M. |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/archaeology-and-oral-tradition-in-malawi/7588016649895DA4A10FC2CCC6B5E336 |title=Archaeology and Oral Tradition in Malawi: Origins and Early History of the Chewa |date=2020 |publisher=Boydell & Brewer |isbn=978-1-84701-253-1 |chapter=The demise of the Maravi empire}}</ref>{{Rp|pages=204–6}}
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