Archaeology at Aksum, Ethiopia, 1993-7 / by David W. Phillipson with the principal assistance of Jacke Phillips ; and contributions by Ayele Tarekegn [and others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Phillipson, D. W.

Contributor:

Phillips, Jacqueline Sharon, 1955-

Tarekegn, Ayele.

Series:

Memoir (British Institute in Eastern Africa) ; no. 17.

Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London ; no. 65.

Memoir (British Institute in Eastern Africa)

Report / Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London ; 65

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--Ethiopia--Āksum.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Āksum (Ethiopia)--Antiquities.

Āksum (Ethiopia).

Antiquities.

Ethiopia--Āksum.

Physical Description:

2 volumes (xiii, 538 pages, 2 folded sheets) : illustrations, maps, plans ; 31 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : British Institute in Eastern Africa, 2000.

Contents:

Volume 1. Chapter 1. Background to the Project / David W. Phillipson. Chapter 2. The Prehistoric Antecedents of Aksum. Early and Middle Stone Ages / $$r Laurel Phillipson

Late Stone Age / Niall Finneran

Overview / Laurel Phillipson. Chapter 3. The Central Stelae Area / D.W.P. Chapter 4. The tomb of the brick arches. Structure and stratigraphy / Jess Tipper

Artefacts: Pottery and other clay objects / Jacke Phillips

Glass and beads / Michael Harlow

Metal; Ivory; Stone / D.W.P.

Human skeletal remains / Helen Cook

Archaeobotany / Sheila Boardman

Overview; Conservation / D.W.P. Chapter 5. Stela 3 / D.W.P. Chapter 6. The Stela-2 site. Introduction; Preliminary investigation, 1993-4 / D.W.P.

The 1997 excavation / Martin Watts

Artefacts from the 1994 and 1997 excavations / D.W.P. and Martin Watts

Overview / D.W.P. and Martin Watts. Chapter 7. The Complex of Monuments associated with Stela 1. The present conifguration of the Stela-1 complex; Stela 1 / D.W.P.

Structure / Michael Harlow and David W. Phillipson

Excavations within the Mausoleum; External excavations / Michael Harlow and Jacke Phillips

Artefacts from primary contexts: Pottery / Jacke Phillips

Metal; Shell / D.W.P.

Lithics / Laurel Phillipson

Artefacts from later contexts: Pottery and other clay objects / Jacke Phillips

Glass and Beads / Michael Harlow

Metal; Shell; Stone / D.W.P.

Lithics / $$r Laurel Phillipson

Archaeozoology / Chester R. Cain

The East Tomb: $$t Structure and excavation / D.W.P.

Artefacts / Jacke Phillips and D.W.P.

Overview / D.W.P.

Conservation / D.W.P. and Michael Harlow. Chapter 8. The Gudit stelae field / Ayele Tarekegn and D.W.P. Chapter 9. Quarries, Stone Working and Stela Erection. The Aksumite quarries at Gobedra Hill and Adi Tsehafi / Jillian B. Phillips and Jennifer P. Ford

Transport and stela-erection / D.W.P. and Laurel Phillipson

Stone dressing / Laurel Phillipson

Overview / D.W.P.. Volume 2. Chapter 10. The D Site at Kidane Mehret. The site and its sequence / D.W.P. and Jacke Phillips

Structures and stratigraphy / Jacke Phillips, Andrew Reynolds and Klara Spandl

Artefacts: Pottery and clay objects / Jacke Phillips

Glass, beads and pendants / Michael Harlow

Metal; Ivory and Bone / D.W.P.

Textiles / Sheila Boardman

Ground and carved stone / D.W.P. and Laurel Phillipson

Seals / D.W.P.

Overview / D.W.P. Chapter 11. The K Site in Maleka Aksum. Excavation and stratigraphy / Michael Harlow and Jacke Phillips

Metal; Ivory, horn, bone and shell; Stone and brick / D.W.P.

Overview / D.W.P. Chapter 12. Other Sites and Monuments. P, H and X sites / D.W.P.

L site / Tekle Hagos and D.W.P.

Mestaha Werki; Inscriptions and engravings at Adi Tsehafi / Laurel Phillipson

The Tomb of Bazen, the Tomb of the False Door and the Tombs of Kaleb and Gabra Maskal / D.W.P. Chapter 13. Surface collections of Aksumite lithic industries / Laurel Phillipson. Chapter 14. Syntheses. Lithic industries / Laurel Phillipson

Overview of pottery development / Jacke Phillips

Ivory-working techniques / Laurel Phillipson

Archaeobotany / Sheila Boardman and D.W.P.

Distribution of Aksumite materials and settlement / Laurel Phillipson. Chapter 15. Concluding discussion / D.W.P. Appendices. I. The 1992 research design / D.W.P.

II. Classical Aksumite pottery : surface treatment and decoration / Jacke Phillips

III. Petrology of imported amphorae / David Williams

IV. Metallurgical examination and analysis / Ann Feuerbach

V. Excavated Aksumite coins / D.W.P.

VI. Radiocarbon dates / D.W.P., Paul Pettitt, Sheila Boardman and Rowena Gale

VII. Archaeobotanical methodology / Sheila Boardman and Rowena Gale

VIII. Archaeozoological methodology / Chester R. Cain

IX. Inscriptions / Roger Schneider

X. A sample of render from the Mausoleum / Graham C. Morgan

XI. Magnetic susceptibility readings / Jillian B. Phillips and Jennifer P. Ford

XII. Recent use of the Stelae Park area / Jacke Phillips

XIII. Inventory numbers of illustrated artefacts / D.W.P.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (volume 2: pages 525-536) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Phillipson, D.W. Archaeology at Aksum, Ethiopia, 1993-7.

ISBN:

1872566138

9781872566139

OCLC:

50382193