property assignment · pa_mezber_pastoral
pa_mezber_pastoral
Mezber’s economy included cattle pastoralism.
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.
Research description
Faunal, botanical and settlement evidence support a mixed economy whose pastoral component changed over time.
Evidence and sources
- supports · supports
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 mixed-economy synthesis.
Locator: Economy and settlement sections - 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 subsistence evidence.
Locator: Plant-use results
Referenced records
- Pastoral component · property
- Mezber · entity