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Ancient Settlement Patterns in the Area of Aksum (Tigray, Northern Ethiopia) – Ca. 900 BCE–800/850 CE
Luisa Sernicola
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This English version of the author's PhD dissertation, revised and updated in the light of the latest research and interpretation, aims to reconstruct the settlement pattern of the area of Aksum between the early 1st millennium BCE and the late 1st millennium CE. It describes the field strategies employed during surveys conducted at Aksum in 2005 and 2006 and the procedures that were adopted for the interpretation and chronological classification of the surface archaeological records. It also provides an updated assessment of the archaeological area of Aksum, including an overview of the taphonomic processes affecting the preservation of archaeological sites, and presents the results of the statistical and spatial analysis undertaken for the reconstruction of the ancient settlement pattern and for the investigation of the ancient dynamics of human-environmental interactions in the area.
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Front Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright
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Dedication
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Table of Contents
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List of Figures
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Introduction
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CHAPTER 1. Environmental setting
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CHAPTER 2. Mapping literary sources: pre-field studies and the location of archaeological evidence
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CHAPTER 3. Acquiring new data: the two survey projects, field strategies and procedures
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CHAPTER 4. The archaeological area of Aksum: a reassessment
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CHAPTER 5. Classifying surface archaeological records
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CHAPTER 6. Modelling ancient settlement patterns
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CHAPTER 7. A zoom in on Aksum’s ancient city-centre: form and aesthetics of a capital city
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CHAPTER 8. Ancient land exploitation strategies and soil erosion dynamics: new evidence from palaeoagricultural and archaeological studies
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CHAPTER 9. Final overview and future agenda
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APPENDICES
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Published: 2017
Publisher: BAR Publishing
- 9781407344911 (ebook)
- 9781407314747 (paperback)
BAR Number: S2860