The cosmopolitan borderland
Western Ethiopiac. AD 600-1800
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3284942 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alfredo González Ruibal (0000-0003-3464-1626, Instituto de Ciencias del Patrimonio, corresponding author), Alfredo González-Ruibal |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 95 |
| Issue | 380 |
| Pages | 530-548 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Antiquity Publications (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.15184/aqy.2021.23 |
| OpenAlex | W3138711467 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 30 |
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
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Cosmopolitanism · Ethnology · French horn · Frontier · Geography · Multiculturalism · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Sociology · State (computer science) · Vernacular · African history and culture analysis · Anthropological Studies and Insights · History · Law · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |