entity · arch_initial_pre_aksumite
Initial Pre-Aksumite phase
Chronological and archaeological label for Mezber and related northern Horn evidence approximately 1600–900 BCE.
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.
1600 BCE–900 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)Defines the phase and its broader significance.
Locator: Pre-Aksumite chronology table and Mezber phase 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)Adds subsistence evidence.
Locator: Initial Pre-Aksumite contexts
Research description
The phase is a modern analytical category for indigenous highland communities. It is not an ancient ethnonym and does not assume a centralized state.
Properties and assignments
A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.
Archaeological label, not ethnicity
Marks a modern archaeological phase or assemblage that must not be treated as an ancient people.
Why does this record have this property?
The phase describes excavated highland evidence and not an ethnic or dynastic group.
- The Pre-Aksumite Period: Indigenous Origins and Development in the Horn of Africa
supports · Chronology and terminology discussion
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)Defines the phase and its broader significance.
Locator: Pre-Aksumite chronology table and Mezber phase 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)Adds subsistence evidence.
Locator: Initial Pre-Aksumite contexts
Referenced records
- Northern Ethiopian highlands · entity