The Archaeology of Ethiopia - Hardcover

Finneran, Niall

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415386462 ISBN 13: 9780415386463

Publisher: Routledge, 2007

Synopsis

This book provides the first truly comprehensive multi-period study of the archaeology of Ethiopia, surveying the country's history, detailing the discoveries from the late Stone Age, including the famous 'Lucy' and moving onto the emergence of food production, prehistoric rock art and an analysis of the increasing social complexity that can be observed from the remains of the first nucleated settlements. The author then discusses the Aksumite empire, the emergence of Christianity in the Middle Ages and Ethiopia's encounters with the west, leading up to the feudal Ethiopia of the twentieth century and the present day. 

This book is an excellent and very readable story of the rich heritage of this very misunderstood country.

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Review:

'The Archaeology of Ethiopia is a welcome contribution to the scholarship of the Horn, given how it also ranges outside of Ethiopia to consider neighbouring regions.' - Peter R. Schmidt, University of Florida, USA

About the Author:

Niall Finneran is lecturer in early medieval archaeology at the University of Winchester and honorary research associate in African archaeology at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He has conducted extensive archaeological work in Ethiopia, and is the author of The Archaeology of Christianity in Africa (2003).

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0415386462
• ISBN 13: 9780415386463
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 316