entity · site_sembel
Sembel
Greater Asmara settlement associated with the Ancient Ona assemblage.
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.
800 BCE–400 BCE
Precision: range
- informs · provides archaeological observation
The ‘Ona’ Culture of Greater Asmara: Archaeology’s Liberation of Eritrea’s Ancient History from Colonial Paradigms — Peter R. Schmidt (2002)Provides the site evidence and chronology.
Locator: Greater Asmara and Sembel discussion
Research description
Sembel is an excavated settlement that helps document local first-millennium development. The site is not used to infer modern ethnic continuity or a Punt identification.
Evidence and sources
- supports · provides archaeological observation
The ‘Ona’ Culture of Greater Asmara: Archaeology’s Liberation of Eritrea’s Ancient History from Colonial Paradigms — Peter R. Schmidt (2002)Provides the site evidence and chronology.
Locator: Greater Asmara and Sembel discussion
Referenced records
- Eritrean highlands and coast · entity