entity · arch_early_pre_aksumite
Early Pre-Aksumite phase
Chronological phase around the ninth to eighth centuries BCE in the revised northern Horn sequence.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
825 BCE–750 BCE
Precision: range
- informs · dates
The Pre-Aksumite Period: Indigenous Origins and Development in the Horn of Africa — A. Catherine D’Andrea, Lynn Welton, Andrea Manzo, Helina S. Woldekiros, Steven A. Brandt, Alemseged Beldados, Elizabeth A. Peterson, Laurie A. Nixon-Darcus, Michela Gaudiello, Shannon R. Wood, Habtamu Mekonnen, Stephen Batiuk, Yemane Meresa, Abel Ruiz-Giralt, Carla Lancelotti, Abebe Mengistu Taffere, Lucas M. Johnson (2023)Provides the revised phase definition.
Locator: Chronology and Early Pre-Aksumite discussion - informs · provides archaeological observation
On the Verge of Domestication: Early Use of C4 Plants in the Horn of Africa — Abel Ruiz-Giralt, Laurie A. Nixon-Darcus, A. Catherine D’Andrea, Yemane Meresa, Stefano Biagetti, Carla Lancelotti (2023)Provides plant-use and settlement evidence.
Locator: Early Pre-Aksumite contexts
Research description
The label captures settlement intensification and new contacts while retaining local continuities. It should not be equated automatically with Dʿmt, Sabaeans, one language or a uniform material culture.
Evidence and sources
- supports · dates
The Pre-Aksumite Period: Indigenous Origins and Development in the Horn of Africa — A. Catherine D’Andrea, Lynn Welton, Andrea Manzo, Helina S. Woldekiros, Steven A. Brandt, Alemseged Beldados, Elizabeth A. Peterson, Laurie A. Nixon-Darcus, Michela Gaudiello, Shannon R. Wood, Habtamu Mekonnen, Stephen Batiuk, Yemane Meresa, Abel Ruiz-Giralt, Carla Lancelotti, Abebe Mengistu Taffere, Lucas M. Johnson (2023)Provides the revised phase definition.
Locator: Chronology and Early Pre-Aksumite discussion - supports · provides archaeological observation
On the Verge of Domestication: Early Use of C4 Plants in the Horn of Africa — Abel Ruiz-Giralt, Laurie A. Nixon-Darcus, A. Catherine D’Andrea, Yemane Meresa, Stefano Biagetti, Carla Lancelotti (2023)Provides plant-use and settlement evidence.
Locator: Early Pre-Aksumite contexts
Referenced records
- Eritrean highlands and coast · entity
- Northern Ethiopian highlands · entity