Archaeological Investigations at Bieta Giyorgis (Aksum), Ethiopia: 1993-1995 Field Seasons

Bard, Kathryn A.; Fattovich, Rodolfo; Manzo, Andrea; Perlingieri, Cinzia

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“…However, especially as it becomes more imperative for scholars 160 Belfiore (2004) Janni (1984) has perhaps contributed most to a discussion of the Periplous as a text which reflects ancient attitudes towards space, rather than as a 'guidebook'. 161 British scholarship on Aksum: Bard, Fattovich, Manzo et al (1997), Munro-Hay (1989a, 1989b, 1989c, Munro-Hay and Juel-Jensen (1995), Peacock and Blue (2007), Phillipson (2009), West (2002, 2003a, 2003b. Ethiopian scholarship on Aksum: Sergew (1964Sergew ( , 1972.…”

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“…296 The port of Adulis shows a decline in settlement and activity and the Aksumite state from this period largely 293 Robin (2012) Littmann (1906) and Littmann et al (1913) for the publication of the Deutsche Aksum-Expedition (1906). Subsequently: Anfray (1963Anfray ( , 1965Anfray ( , 1972Anfray ( , 1973Anfray ( , 1974, Bard, Fattovich, Manzo et al (1997), Contenson (1963), Fattovich, Bard, Petrassi et al (2000), Michels (2005), Munro-Hay (1989a), Peacock and Blue (2007), Phillipson (1995Phillipson ( , 2000. 300 Hahn (2005) examines the difficulty of estimating the numbers of Aksumite coins currently in private and museum collections and points among other important factors to the impact of movement of antiquities during the Second World War (62-3) and the inaccessibility of the collection in the Addis Ababa Museum (64).…”

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“…The presence of teff in 'Pre-Aksumite' deposits at the Kidane Mehret D site in Aksum has been set aside as unreliable because the seeds appear to have been contaminated by later deposits (Boardman 2000: 365;Phillipson 2000: 372;contra Marshall and Hildebrand 2002: 212), yet teff was abundant during the Aksumite period when it was the most common grain in the earlier phases (Boardman 1999(Boardman , 2000. Teff has also been documented at Beta Giyorgis, dated to the Aksumite and perhaps to Proto-Aksumite times (Bard et al 1997). In the Greater Asmara excavations, one grain of teff was recovered from a sealed deposit in the Mai Chiot site in the rocky uplands.…”

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“…1 Among the developments that distinguish the greater Asmara sub-region from other parts of the northern Horn during the early and mid-first millennium BC is the more detailed and nuanced knowledge we now have for subsistence practices across a geographically bounded research universe. Heretofore, subsistence practices that made up quotidian economic life have either been ignored in favor of a focus on exotic and elite artifacts or have been discussed only for a relatively tight cluster of sites at Aksum (Bard et al 1997;Boardman and Phillipson 2000;Phillipson 2000). There is little evidence in the northern Horn for how communities varied across a sub-region in their subsistence practices during the first millennium BC.…”

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Variability in Eritrea and the Archaeology of the Northern Horn During the First Millennium BC: Subsistence, Ritual, and Gold Production

Schmidt

2009

Afr Archaeol Rev

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Around the margins of Asmara, Eritrea, hundreds of sites dating to the early and mid-first millennium BC have been documented. They range from single family dwellings to small and large hamlets, small and large villages, and small towns. We call these Ancient Ona sites, using the Tigrinya term for ruin. Our findings testify to significant subsistence, ritual, and economic variation within a region of 12 by 17 km: (1) different subsistence strategies in the well-watered, open basin to the west of Asmara (emmer wheat, barley; cattle) compared to the uplands north and east of Asmara (lentil, teff; goats/sheep); (2) ritual events, marked by stone bulls' heads and a huge ash deposit at Sembel Kushet, that brought people together in rites of passage and intensification during Meskel-like ceremonies, including ritual exchange; and (3) the exploitation of gold north of Asmara among heterarchically organized communities that exchanged specialized products within this region.Résumé Aux environs d'Asmara, en Erythrée, des centaines de sites datant du début et milieu du premier millénaire avant notre ère ont été recensés. Ils comprennent des habitations unifamiliales, des hameaux de taille diverse, des villages petits et grands, ainsi que des petites villes. Nous appelons ces vestiges 'sites Ona anciens,' en nous inspirant du terme Tigrinya désignant une ruine. Nos trouvailles démontrent une diversité considérable en matière d'économie, de moyens subsistance, et pratiques rituelles dans une région de 12 par 17 kilomètres: 1) Les stratégies de subsistance employées dans le bassin ouvert et bien arrosé a l'ouest d'Asmara (amidonnier, avoine, bovins) diffèrent de celles en usage dans les hautes terres au nord et à l'est Afr Archaeol Rev (2009) 26:305-325

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“…Characteristic of this more recent research has been an explicit concern for building localized, regional, and pan-regional perspectives of ancient settlement, material culture, and subsistence through systematic regional survey and excavation of domestic contexts (e.g., Bard et al 1997;Curtis 2005Curtis , 2008D'Andrea et al 2008a;Fattovich et al 2000;Finneran 2007;D. W. Phillipson 2000;Schmidt et al 2008a;Schmidt and Curtis 2001).…”

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Relating the Ancient Ona Culture to the Wider Northern Horn: Discerning Patterns and Problems in the Archaeology of the First Millennium BC

Curtis

2009

Afr Archaeol Rev

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Archaeological research carried out between 1998 and 2003 on the Asmara Plateau of Eritrea has provided new insights concerning the development of early-to-mid first millennium BC settled agropastoral communities in the northern Horn of Africa. The settlement, subsistence, and material culture of these communities in the greater Asmara area, referred to as the "Ancient Ona culture," bear both unique qualities and striking similarities to coeval communities in Tigray, Ethiopia. This article provides an overview of regional settlement data and ceramic and lithic traditions from the greater Asmara area, drawing comparisons to other contexts of this period in the archaeology of the wider northern Horn. It is argued that we can see among the Ancient Ona sites distinct localized cultural expressions and development as well as strong links to a wider first millennium BC macrocultural identity.Résumé Des recherches archéologiques conduites entre 1998 et 2003 dans le plateau d'Asmara en Érythrée ont produit des nouvelles informations sur le développement des communautés agro-pastorales dans la première moitié du premier millenaire av. J.-C. dans la Corne de l´Afrique. Le mode d´occupation du territoire, les moyens de subsistance, et la culture matérielle des communautés de la région d´Asmara -que l'on appelle 'culture Ona ancienne' -ressemblent, malgré leurs particularités, aux communautés vivant à la même époque dans le Tigray (Ethiopie). Cet article présente une revue des données sur l´occupation de l'espace au niveau régional et des traditions lithiques et céramiques de la région d´Asmara, qui sont comparées à lumière d´autres contextes archéologiques de la Corne de l'Afrique datant de la même période. On suggère que les sites de la culture Ona Afr Archaeol Rev (2009) 26:327-350 DOI 10.1007 M. C. Curtis (*) Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2001 Humanities and Social Sciences Building, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-3210, USA e-mail: matthew-curtis@sbcglobal.net ancienne présentent des expressions culturelles et développements très localisés ainsi que de fortes attaches à une identité macro-culturelle en vigueur à de plus vastes échelles durant le premier millenaire av. J.-C.

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Archaeological Investigations at Bieta Giyorgis (Aksum), Ethiopia: 1993-1995 Field Seasons

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Variability in Eritrea and the Archaeology of the Northern Horn During the First Millennium BC: Subsistence, Ritual, and Gold Production

Relating the Ancient Ona Culture to the Wider Northern Horn: Discerning Patterns and Problems in the Archaeology of the First Millennium BC

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