The boundaries of ancient trade : kings, commoners, and the Aksumite salt trade of Ethiopia / Helina Solomon Woldekiros.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Solomon-Woldekiros, Helina, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Salt industry and trade--Aksum (Kingdom).

Salt industry and trade.

Salt industry and trade--Ethiopia--History.

Trade routes--Africa.

Trade routes.

Afar (African people)--Antiquities.

Afar (African people).

Ethiopia--Antiquities.

Ethiopia.

Aksum (Kingdom)--Antiquities.

Aksum (Kingdom).

Antiquities.

Africa.

Asia--Aksum (Kingdom).

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 211 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Denver, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, [2023]

Summary:

"An integrated ethnoarchaeological and archaeological investigation of the Afar salt route in and around the early Aksumite State in the Horn of Africa that explores the relationships between the fringes of the Aksumite polity and core power structures" -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction. Rethinking trade and power in Archaeology

Hierarchies, heterarchies, peer networks, trade, and ethnoarchaeology of caravans : interpretive frameworks for the study of the salt trade

Aksumite political economy

The physical and social landscapes of the Afar salt trade network

The ethnoarchaeology of salt production and trade

The archaeology of the salt trade : settlement patterns and features

Heterarchies, hierarchies, and peer networks: Afar salt caravan trade and Aksumite political economy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Solomon-Woldekiros, Helina. Boundaries of ancient trade.

ISBN:

9781646424726

1646424727

OCLC:

1378734804