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In Sudan's Eastern Borderland:

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In Sudan's Eastern Borderland:

[Article]

Frontier Societies of the Qwara Region (ca. ad 600-1850)

Alfredo González-Ruibal, Álvaro Falquina

Leiden

Brill

The Sudanese-Ethiopian borderland has seen interaction between state and non-state peoples for at least two millennia. However, little is known about these interactions from an archaeological point of view. Our research project intends to cast light on this topic by looking at the lowlands of nw Ethiopia. Surveys conducted during three field seasons in the Metema and Qwara regions - in the Atbara-Dinder watershed - have allowed us to document different cultural traditions that are related to Sudan in medieval and post-medieval times. Here, we present the data and discuss the relevance of the findings to understand border dynamics from the mid-first millennium ad onwards. The Sudanese-Ethiopian borderland has seen interaction between state and non-state peoples for at least two millennia. However, little is known about these interactions from an archaeological point of view. Our research project intends to cast light on this topic by looking at the lowlands of nw Ethiopia. Surveys conducted during three field seasons in the Metema and Qwara regions - in the Atbara-Dinder watershed - have allowed us to document different cultural traditions that are related to Sudan in medieval and post-medieval times. Here, we present the data and discuss the relevance of the findings to understand border dynamics from the mid-first millennium ad onwards.

2017

173-201

Journal of African Archaeology

15/2

2191-5784

African Studies

Archaeology

Art History

borderlands

Ethiopia

Funj Sultanate

General

historical archaeology

Kingdom of Alodia

migrations

Sudan

Alfredo González-Ruibal

Álvaro Falquina

10.1163/21915784-12340011

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[Article]

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