An Inventory of Medeival sites in Addis Ababa and Its Environs
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2024-11-01
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Addis Ababa University
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This thesis presents the results of an inventory of 25 sites that are located in Addis Ababa and its
environs. These areas yield many sites that hold the history of medieval Ethiopia. The aims of the
present study are to identify the locations and types of the sites, in order to help reconstruct the
history of the medieval period of Ethiopia, to make up a map showing the distribution of the sites,
to prepare a site gazetteer, to compare the surveyed sites with broadly contemporary sites, that
are located in northern Ethiopia, investigated by Dr. Alebachew in 2020 and Rodríguez in 2017
and other sites that are located at the Eastern Ehiopia, the site called Harla, investigated by
professor Timothy Insoll in 2017 and other sites that are located in central Shoa that are
investigated by Italian Archeologoical mission at the area called Ginbi and Dertu Archeological
site which was excavated by CFEE In 2023, at the area called Ada’a Berga Woreda, south-east of
Addis Ababa, and to envisage proposing a heritage management. Methods used to study the sites
included physical observation, measurements, interviews, photographs, Google Earth, the Global
Positioning System, oral information, a drone, a notebook, and preliminary reconnaissance. In
addition, the typology, physical surface size, and location of the sites are thoroughly analyzed.
The finding shows that two sites were documented among twenty-five sites. Settlement sites are
dominant types of the surveyed sites. Most of the sites are characterized by the circular shapes of
dwelling houses. Although the pottery sherds found show different decorations are surveyed and
thoroughly analyzed. Most of the sites in Addis Ababa and its environs have highly dispersed
spatial distribution over a highland area. In this thesis the current situation of the sites were
analyzed regarding the preservation of the sites. All of the sites are in dangerous situation and
poor preseravation status.
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history of medieval Ethiopia, Medeival sites, in Addis Ababa