entity · reg_ethiopian_highlands
Northern Ethiopian highlands
Research frame for Mezber, early farming and pastoral systems, and the emergence of complex societies.
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–800 BCE
Precision: range
- informs · supports distribution
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 current highland research sequence.
Locator: pp. 329–392; ETAP sites and chronology - 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 local subsistence and settlement evidence.
Locator: Chronology and archaeobotanical results
Research description
The record follows excavated evidence in Tigrai and adjacent highlands without equating Pre-Aksumite phases, Dʿmt, languages or material culture with modern identities.
Evidence and sources
- 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 local subsistence and settlement evidence.
Locator: Chronology and archaeobotanical results - supports · supports distribution
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 current highland research sequence.
Locator: pp. 329–392; ETAP sites and chronology