Chapter 1
Introduction: Archaeological Research at Aksum .................. 1
by Rodolfo Fattovich
Chapter 2
The Area Surveyed, Acknowledgements, Problems and Approaches .... 3
Chapter 3
Surface Collections and Excavated Assemblages .................. 10
sector 1. West of Beta Dura ................................ 10
sector 2. North of Beta Dura ............................... 15
sector 3. Beta Dura ........................................ 17
sector 4. South-west of Aksum .............................. 22
sector 5. Adi Tsehafi ...................................... 22
sector 6. West of Aksum .................................... 25
sector 7. North of Beta Giyorgis ........................... 46
sector 8. East of Addi Tsehafi ............................. 59
sector 9. Beta Giyorgis .................................... 78
sector 10. Aksum ............................................ 88
sector 11. South of Aksum ................................... 95
sector 12. Northeast of Aksum ............................... 96
sector 13. East of Aksum ................................... 100
Comparative Sites Further Afield ........................... 100
Chapter 4
Chronological Summary ......................................... 109
The Earliest Evidence ...................................... 109
Pre-Aksumite Period ........................................ 109
Proto-Aksumite Period ...................................... 112
Early Aksumite Phase & Classic Aksumite Phase .............. 113
Middle Aksumite Phase & Late Aksumite Phase ................ 114
Post-Aksumite Period ....................................... 116
Chapter 5
Technical and Economic Evidence ............................... 118
General Considerations ..................................... 118
Lithic tools ............................................... 119
Commerce and Labour ........................................ 121
Metals ..................................................... 122
Lithic Materials ........................................... 124
Chapter 6
Site Distribution and Areas for Future Research ............... 128
Glossary of Terms Used ........................................ 131
Bibliography .................................................. 133
Plates ........................................................ 135
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