The cosmopolitan borderland: western Ethiopia c. AD 600–1800

The western Ethiopian borderland is remote from all centres of power in the Horn of Africa. As a result, local communities have often been regarded by scholars and state agents alike as isolated and antiquated. The picture that emerges from archaeological research, however, is more complex: borderla...

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Author: González-Ruibal, Alfredo
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Publication Date:2021
Country:España
Institution:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
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Keyword:Ethiopia
Sudan
Horn of Africa
Long-distance trade
Connectivity
Cosmopolitanism
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spelling The cosmopolitan borderland: western Ethiopia c. AD 600–1800González-Ruibal, AlfredoEthiopiaSudanHorn of AfricaLong-distance tradeConnectivityCosmopolitanismThe western Ethiopian borderland is remote from all centres of power in the Horn of Africa. As a result, local communities have often been regarded by scholars and state agents alike as isolated and antiquated. The picture that emerges from archaeological research, however, is more complex: borderland societies have, at different times from the mid first millennium AD onwards, embraced, reworked or rejected innovations from neighbouring polities. Indeed, borderland groups developed a type of ‘vernacular cosmopolitanism’ integrating foreign customs and artefacts. As an old multicultural borderland spanning many centuries and involving a range of state and non-state actors, the region offers important lessons for our understanding of frontier societies in Africa and beyond.Funding was provided by the Spanish Ministry of Culture/Institute of the Spanish Cultural Heritage-IPCE (Archaeology Abroad Programme) and the PIAR Programme of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC).Peer reviewedCambridge University PressMinisterio de Cultura y Deporte (España)Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España)Instituto del Patrimonio Cultural de EspañaConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]2021202120212021info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Postprintinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/242875reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)InglésGonzález-Ruibal, Alfredo; 2021; Supplementary material. The cosmopolitan borderland: western Ethiopia c. AD 600–1800 [Dataset]; Cambridge University Press; http://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2021.23http://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2021.23Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/2428752026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The cosmopolitan borderland: western Ethiopia c. AD 600–1800
title The cosmopolitan borderland: western Ethiopia c. AD 600–1800
spellingShingle The cosmopolitan borderland: western Ethiopia c. AD 600–1800
González-Ruibal, Alfredo
Ethiopia
Sudan
Horn of Africa
Long-distance trade
Connectivity
Cosmopolitanism
title_short The cosmopolitan borderland: western Ethiopia c. AD 600–1800
title_full The cosmopolitan borderland: western Ethiopia c. AD 600–1800
title_fullStr The cosmopolitan borderland: western Ethiopia c. AD 600–1800
title_full_unstemmed The cosmopolitan borderland: western Ethiopia c. AD 600–1800
title_sort The cosmopolitan borderland: western Ethiopia c. AD 600–1800
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv González-Ruibal, Alfredo
author González-Ruibal, Alfredo
author_facet González-Ruibal, Alfredo
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte (España)
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España)
Instituto del Patrimonio Cultural de España
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ethiopia
Sudan
Horn of Africa
Long-distance trade
Connectivity
Cosmopolitanism
topic Ethiopia
Sudan
Horn of Africa
Long-distance trade
Connectivity
Cosmopolitanism
description The western Ethiopian borderland is remote from all centres of power in the Horn of Africa. As a result, local communities have often been regarded by scholars and state agents alike as isolated and antiquated. The picture that emerges from archaeological research, however, is more complex: borderland societies have, at different times from the mid first millennium AD onwards, embraced, reworked or rejected innovations from neighbouring polities. Indeed, borderland groups developed a type of ‘vernacular cosmopolitanism’ integrating foreign customs and artefacts. As an old multicultural borderland spanning many centuries and involving a range of state and non-state actors, the region offers important lessons for our understanding of frontier societies in Africa and beyond.
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