[1] Under the influence of Peter Garlake and Horace Caesar Roger Vella he decided to take up archaeology.
[2] His research focuses on the state societies of the Zimbabwe plateau, African ceramic traditions over the last 2000 years, and the contemporary role of archaeology.
[1] Pikirayi was a Visiting Commonwealth Fellow and Scholar at the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford University in 2000 where he studied Khami-period material.
[1] His research focuses on the analysis of ceramics to investigate late farming communities in southern Africa.
[1] Pikiraryi is on the executive committee of the Integrated History and future of People on Earth (IHOPE) initiative.