The Transition from Hunting-Gathering to Food Production in the Gamo Highlands of Southern Ethiopia
Publication Date
3-7-2019
Document Type
Article
Organizational Units
College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences, Anthropology
Keywords
Gamo Highlands, Anthropogenic deposits, Plant domestication, Hunting–gathering
Abstract
Over three field seasons between 2007 and 2012, we excavated three caves—Mota, Tuwatey, and Gulo—situated at an average elevation of 2,084 m above sea level in the cool and moist Boreda Gamo Highlands of southwestern Ethiopia. Anthropogenic deposits in these caves date from the Middle to Late Holocene (ca. 6000 to 100 BP) and provide excellent preservation of material culture, fauna, flora, and human skeletal remains from which to investigate changes in technologies and habitat use over the last several thousand years. Here, we present results and interpretations, suggesting ways in which Holocene communities of the Boreda Gamo Highlands constructed new landscapes and technologies in their transition from hunting and gathering to an agropastoral way of life.
Copyright Date
3-7-2019
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Language
English (eng)
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Publication Title
The African Archaeological Review
Volume
36
Issue
1
First Page
5
Last Page
65
ISSN
1572-9842
Recommended Citation
Arthur, John W. et al. The Transition from Hunting-Gathering to Food Production in the Gamo Highlands of Southern Ethiopia. The African Archaeological Review, vol. 36, no. 1, 2019, pp. 5–65. DOI: 10.1007/s10437-018-09322-w