causal hypothesis · hyp_southern_red_sea_multidirectional_exchange
Southern Red Sea interaction was multi-directional and socially negotiated
Crossings, cabotage and inland links moved people, animals, texts, objects and ideas in several directions among African and Arabian communities.
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Research assessment
statement
Crossings, cabotage and inland links moved people, animals, texts, objects and ideas in several directions among African and Arabian communities.chronology test
Evidence for contacts should appear at different times and in different media, without requiring a synchronous network peak or one-way migration event.geography test
The model should connect specific nodes and broad source zones while leaving route lines and political borders unset.supporting evidence
- Provides biological transfer evidence.
- Provides local-agency evidence.
- Provides inland African connections.
- Provides a later cross-sea contact horizon.
Evidence and sources
Supporting sources
- supports · supports distribution
Mummified Baboons Reveal the Far Reach of Early Egyptian Mariners — Nathaniel J. Dominy, Salima Ikram, Gillian L. Moritz, Patrick V. Wheatley, John N. Christensen, Jonathan W. Chipman, Paul L. Koch (2020)Provides biological transfer evidence.
Locator: Source-zone results - supports · provides primary evidence
Sabaeans on the Somali Coast — Alessia Prioletta, Christian Julien Robin, Jérémie Schiettecatte, Iwona Gajda, Khayr H. Nuʿmān (2021)Provides a later cross-sea contact horizon.
Locator: Somali coast inscriptions
Contradicting sources
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Other source context
- informs · proposes interpretation
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 local-agency evidence.
Locator: Negotiated contact and indigenous development - informs · contextualizes
Eastern Sudan in Its Setting: The Archaeology of a Region Far from the Nile Valley — Andrea Manzo (2017)Provides inland African connections.
Locator: Eastern Sudan network chapters
Referenced records
- Southern Red Sea interaction network · entity
- Mezber · entity
- Jebel Mokram Group · entity
- Reported Sabaic sanctuary horizon on the Somali coast · entity
- Punt · entity