David W Phillipson
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3581095 |
|---|---|
| NOME | David W Phillipson |
| PRENOMES | David W |
| SOBRENOME | Phillipson |
| ASSINATURA | PHILLIPSON D W |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Cambridge |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 74 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 511 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 73 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1963 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2023 |
| ÍNDICE H | 14 |
A Life in African Archaeology
Tomb and Temple
Víctor M. Fernández, Jorge de Torres, Andreu Martínez d’Alòs-Moner, and Carlos Cañete, The Archaeology of the Jesuit Missions in Ethiopia (1557–1632)
Review
An Armenian Involvement in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Ethiopia
Two Armenian ecclesiastics from Jerusalem, Isaac and Dimothéos, visited Abyssinia in 1867–1869. The latter’s detailed account of their journey was promptly published, grandiloquently dedicated (with formal permission) to Queen Victoria. The journey has nonetheless received little attention from historians, and the reasons it was made have been poorly understood. An intention to seek release of Europeans imprisoned by King Tewodros (Theodore) of E…
Trans-Saharan Gold Trade and Byzantine Coinage
It is often argued that northward trade in gold from sub-Saharan West Africa began after the establishment of Islamic control late in the seventh century ad . This paper questions that conclusion, and suggests that minting at Carthage of the Byzantine gold coins known as globular solidi was related to the acquisition of metal through developing trans-Saharan contacts. Political developments in the late sixth century may have interrupted the suppl…
The Throne of Adulis
Navigated spaces, connected places
Aksum and the Northern Horn of Africa
Rich and varied sources are now available for reconstructing the past in Africa’s northern Horn. Results of archaeological investigation are supplemented from inscriptions, coinage, and from accounts by Graeco-Roman historians and visitors (including Byzantine ambassadors), while historical linguistics and studies of oral tradition (some of which was later recorded in writing by Ethiopians themselves) are also informative. Until the mid-20th cent…
Foundations of an African Civilisation
A single coherent narrative of Aksumite civilisation revealing the roots of medieval Christian Ethiopia. Focuses on the Aksumite state of the first millennium AD in northern Ethiopia and southern Eritrea, its development, florescence and eventual transformation into the so-called medieval civilisation of Christian Ethiopia. This bookseeks to apply a common methodology, utilising archaeology, art-history, written documents and oral tradition from …
William Y. Adams with Nettie K. Adams Qasr Ibrim
William Y. Adams with Nettie K. Adams Qasr Ibrim: the earlier medieval period (Egypt Exploration Society Excavation Memoir 89). xiv+322 pages, 67 figures, 53 b&w & colour plates, 11 tables. 2010: London: Egypt Exploration Society; 978-0-85698-191-3 paperback £65 (EES members £55). - Volume 85 Issue 327
Archaeological Rescue Excavations at Aksum, 2005–2007
Re-evaluating the Archaeology of the First Millennium BC in the Northern Horn
The First Millennium bc in the Highlands of Northern Ethiopia and South–Central Eritrea
Changing Settlement Patterns in Northern Ethiopia
African Archaeology
Research in Africa is now accepted as an integral part of global archaeological studies. As well as providing archaeologists with the oldest material, Africa is also widely recognised as the birthplace of modern man and his characteristic cultural patterns. Archaeological study of later periods provides unique and valuable evidence for the development of African culture and society, while ongoing research in Africa provides insights relevant to t…
Stuart Munro-Hay, 1947–2004
(2005). Stuart Munro-Hay, 1947–2004. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa: Vol. 40, No. 1, pp. 157-158
The Aksumite roots of Medieval Ethiopia
In Ethiopian historiography, there has been a tendency for the Aksumite and medieval periods to be studied separately. The former has been seen as the preserve of archaeologists and epigraphers, with significant contributions also made by numismatists and by historians—ancient, Byzantine or ecclesiastical—whose specialism is not specifically Ethiopian. The medieval period, on the other hand, has been studied primarily from an art-historical persp…
Africa
Aksum
The Aksum Archaeological Area
This invaluable compendium, published by the Istituto Universitario Orientale in Naples, arises out of research undertaken jointly by that institution and Boston University under the direction of Rodolfo Fattovich and Kathryn Bard. That it is written in English will greatly facilitate its use in Ethiopia. Aksum, in the highlands of Tigray in northern Ethiopia, was the capital of a major state during the first seven or eight centuries A.C. Its loc…
Archeology and language II
Archeology and language II: Archaeological data and linguistic hypotheses. (One World Archaeology 29.) xx+432 pages, 42 figures, 36 tables. 1998. London & New York (NY): Routledge; 0-415-11761-5 hardback £75 & $125. - Roger Blench & Mathew Spriggs (ed.). Archaeology and language I: Theoretical and methodological orientations. (One World Archaeology 27.) xxii+388 pages, 80 figures, 28 tables. 1997. London & New York (NY): Routledge; 0-415-11760-7 …
An African Classical Age
B.I.E.A. Excavations at Aksum, Northern Ethiopia, 1995
This paper describes the results of the first two seasons of fieldwork at Aksum, Northern Ethiopia, particularly the excavation of a middle rank settlement of the Aksumite period
Excavations at Aksum, Ethiopia, 1993–4
A five-year research programme commenced in 1993, designed to investigate many aspects of the civilization that was centred at Aksum, Ethiopia, during the first seven centuries AD. For the first two excavation seasons work has been concentrated on major tombs in the area of the stelae for which the site is famous. An area of domestic occupation has been explored and will be a focus of future work. The Cathedral precinct has also been surveyed and…
African Archaeology
The Early Iron Age in Zambia—Regional Variants and some Tentative Conclusions
The Early Iron Age people appear to have been responsible for the introduction into Zambia of pot-making, metallurgy and, less certainly, food production. Recent research has greatly increased the known number of Early Iron Age sites in Zambia and a number of regional variants have been defined, based largely on the typology of the associated pottery. Radiocarbon dates suggest that these groups are all to be dated to the first millennium a.d. and…
Foundations of an African Civilisation
A single coherent narrative of Aksumite civilisation revealing the roots of medieval Christian Ethiopia. Focuses on the Aksumite state of the first millennium AD in northern Ethiopia and southern Eritrea, its development, florescence and eventual transformation into the so-called medieval civilisation of Christian Ethiopia. This bookseeks to apply a common methodology, utilising archaeology, art-history, written documents and oral tradition from …
Iron Age History and Archaeology in Zambia
Developments since 1968 in the study of the Zambian Early Iron Age are discussed, with emphasis both on the Lubusi site near Kaoma, which provides the first dated occurrence of Early Iron Age artefacts from western Zambia, and on material from the Eastern Province, which is closely related to contemporary finds from Malawi. Knowledge of the post-Early Iron Age archaeology of Zambia has hitherto been largely restricted to the Southern Province; he…
The Excavation of Gobedra Rock-shelter, Axum
The small-scale excavations at Gobedra have provided the first dated succession of later Stone Age industries in northern Ethiopia, extending from before 8000 b.c. down to historic times. Particular interest attaches to the level which is marked by the appearance of pottery, an event which probably took place in the fourth or third millennium b.c. This level has yielded seeds of cultivated finger millet (Eleusine coracana, which appear to be the …
The Date of the Ingombe Ilede Burials
Recent excavations and radiocarbon dates provide evidence that the rich Ingombe Ilede burials date from the fourteenth/fifteenth centuries a.d. , not from the ninth/tenth centuries as was previously supposed. There is thus little evidence for intensive trade between the Middle Zambezi and the Moçambique coast before ca . a.d. 1400
Lowasera
This paper is the first report to be published of a programme of research into the later prehistory of northern Kenya which has been conducted by the Assistant Director of the British Institute in Eastern Africa since 1974. Excavations at Lowasera, near the south-east shore of Lake Turkana in northern Kenya, have revealed a long sequence of archaeological material relating to fishing settlements occupied during periods of high lake levels between…
Notes on the Later Prehistoric Radiocarbon Chronology of Eastern and Southern Africa
This paper is intended as the first of a biennial series summarizing for the benefit of historians the latest developments in radiocarbon dating for the later prehistory of eastern and southern Africa. Ninety new dates have been released during the past year and these are discussed and evaluated in comparison with dates obtained previously. It should be emphasized that many of the dates included in this paper are here published in advance of full…
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology 7?25
Archaeology and Bantu linguistics
The archaeological evidence for the spread and development of the Iron Age in eastern and southern Africa is re‐examined, and two distinct streams are recognized in the Early Iron Age Industrial Complex. The inception of the later Iron Age in most of this region is shown to have taken place around the eleventh century A.D., and a marked degree of similarity is noted in the later Iron Age industries from northern Zambia southwards. This picture is…
The Early Iron Age Site at Kapwirimbwe, Lusaka
Mr. Phillipson is Secretary/Inspector of the National Monuments Commission in Zambia. In this article he describes the excavation of a site near Lusaka which is dated to around the fifth century A.D. The results of this work are an important addition to our knowledge of the Early Iron Age in eastern Africa
Excavations at Twickenham Road, Lusaka
Small-scale excavations at a site beside Twickenham Road in the eastern suburbs of Lusaka, Zambia, have yielded traces of a succession of five cultural stages ranging from the Late Stone Age to the nineteenth century A.D. A sparse and undated Late Stone Age occupation is succeeded by an Early Iron Age (Kapwirimbwe group) settlement with evidence of a highly developed ceramic tradition and for iron-working. Copper first appears in a second Early I…
Excavations at Eldon's Seat, Encombe, Dorset
The site at Eldon's Seat (fig. 1) lies on the side of a shallow valley cut into the Kimmeridge clay bedrock. Occupation began probably in the 7th century B.C. or earlier, at a time when the ceramic assemblage was based upon Late Bronze Age traditions, and continued with interruptions until the 2nd century A.D. Three major periods have been isolated: during period I (Late Bronze Age style pottery) and period II (haematite-coated ware) a series of …
The First Millennium bc in the Highlands of Northern Ethiopia and South–Central Eritrea
Sebanzi
Brian M. Fagan, D. W. Phillipson, Sebanzi: The Iron Age Sequence at Lochinvar, and the Tonga, The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 95, No. 2 (Jul. - Dec., 1965), pp. 253-294
Early Iron Age Sites on the Zambian Copperbelt
This paper provides a preliminary description and discussion of the evidence for the Early Iron Age Chondwe group of the Zambian Copperbelt. Nineteen open sites and five rock-shelters have so far yielded the characteristic Chondwe group pottery. Schematic rock paintings and lenticular grinding grooves are also attributed to the Early Iron Age. The evidence for prehistoric copper mining in the Copperbelt region is discussed and it is concluded tha…
Zambian rock paintings
Zambian rock painting sites are described and evaluated, emphasis being placed on recently discovered material and on evidence for the establishment of regional stylistic sequences. Rare naturalistic paintings, which are concentrated in the northern region, are attributed, like their counterparts elsewhere in southern and central Africa, to the Late Stone Age. The later sequence of schematic styles, between which and the naturalistic paintings so…
Sheep in the Iron Age
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An African Classical Age
Some Iron Age Sites in the Lower Tana Valley
A preliminary archaeological reconnaissance of the Southern Sudan, 1977–8
The Early Iron Age in Eastern and Southern Africa
This article is a revised version of the text of a public lecture delivered by the Assistant Director of the B.I.E.A. at the University of Nairobi in April 1975, and at the British Academy, London, the following month. Two distinct streams are recognised in the spread of the Early Iron Age Industrial Complex into subequatorial Africa. They are here defined with particular emphasis on their chronology, material culture and food-producing economy. …
Cewa, Leya and Lala Iron-Smelting Furnaces
Trans-Saharan Gold Trade and Byzantine Coinage
It is often argued that northward trade in gold from sub-Saharan West Africa began after the establishment of Islamic control late in the seventh century ad . This paper questions that conclusion, and suggests that minting at Carthage of the Byzantine gold coins known as globular solidi was related to the acquisition of metal through developing trans-Saharan contacts. Political developments in the late sixth century may have interrupted the suppl…
The Significance and Symbolism of Aksumite Stelae
Research has recently resumed at Aksum, capital of a major state which flourished in what is now northern Ethiopia and Eritrea during the early centuries ad. A wide-ranging investigation is planned into many aspects of Aksumite civilization. This paper summarizes results from the first season's work on the setting and symbolic meaning of the monumental stelae for which the site is justly famous, as well as on the technology which they illustrate.…
Three Thousand Years in Africa
Bathend Clump
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Sheep in the Iron Age
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Excavation of an Iron-Smelting Furnace in the Livingstone District of Northern Rhodesia
Sebanzi
Brian M. Fagan, D. W. Phillipson, Sebanzi: The Iron Age Sequence at Lochinvar, and the Tonga, The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 95, No. 2 (Jul. - Dec., 1965), pp. 253-294
Iron Age Chronology in Southern Zambia
A Stone Mortar From Northern Malawi
Cewa, Leya and Lala Iron-Smelting Furnaces
The Early Iron Age in Zambia—Regional Variants and some Tentative Conclusions
The Early Iron Age people appear to have been responsible for the introduction into Zambia of pot-making, metallurgy and, less certainly, food production. Recent research has greatly increased the known number of Early Iron Age sites in Zambia and a number of regional variants have been defined, based largely on the typology of the associated pottery. Radiocarbon dates suggest that these groups are all to be dated to the first millennium a.d. and…
The Early Iron Age Site at Kapwirimbwe, Lusaka
Mr. Phillipson is Secretary/Inspector of the National Monuments Commission in Zambia. In this article he describes the excavation of a site near Lusaka which is dated to around the fifth century A.D. The results of this work are an important addition to our knowledge of the Early Iron Age in eastern Africa
Iron Age Cultures in Zambia. Vol. 2. (Dambwa, Ingombe Ilede and the Tonga)
Excavations at Eldon's Seat, Encombe, Dorset
The site at Eldon's Seat (fig. 1) lies on the side of a shallow valley cut into the Kimmeridge clay bedrock. Occupation began probably in the 7th century B.C. or earlier, at a time when the ceramic assemblage was based upon Late Bronze Age traditions, and continued with interruptions until the 2nd century A.D. Three major periods have been isolated: during period I (Late Bronze Age style pottery) and period II (haematite-coated ware) a series of …
The Date of the Ingombe Ilede Burials
Recent excavations and radiocarbon dates provide evidence that the rich Ingombe Ilede burials date from the fourteenth/fifteenth centuries a.d. , not from the ninth/tenth centuries as was previously supposed. There is thus little evidence for intensive trade between the Middle Zambezi and the Moçambique coast before ca . a.d. 1400
The Prehistoric Sequence at Nakapapula Rockshelter, Zambia
Considerable attention has recently been paid to the start of the Iron Age in East and Central Africa. One of the most interesting problems concerning this period is that of the relationship of the Early Iron Age farming people to the hunter-gatherers of the Late Stone Age whom they eventually displaced. Very few archaeological sites are known, and none have yet been published, which illustrate the Late Stone Age/Iron Age transition in Central Af…
Notes on the Later Prehistoric Radiocarbon Chronology of Eastern and Southern Africa
This paper is intended as the first of a biennial series summarizing for the benefit of historians the latest developments in radiocarbon dating for the later prehistory of eastern and southern Africa. Ninety new dates have been released during the past year and these are discussed and evaluated in comparison with dates obtained previously. It should be emphasized that many of the dates included in this paper are here published in advance of full…
Excavations at Twickenham Road, Lusaka
Small-scale excavations at a site beside Twickenham Road in the eastern suburbs of Lusaka, Zambia, have yielded traces of a succession of five cultural stages ranging from the Late Stone Age to the nineteenth century A.D. A sparse and undated Late Stone Age occupation is succeeded by an Early Iron Age (Kapwirimbwe group) settlement with evidence of a highly developed ceramic tradition and for iron-working. Copper first appears in a second Early I…
Archaeology in Southern Africa
Art of the Rocks of Southern Africa
Early Iron Age Sites on the Zambian Copperbelt
This paper provides a preliminary description and discussion of the evidence for the Early Iron Age Chondwe group of the Zambian Copperbelt. Nineteen open sites and five rock-shelters have so far yielded the characteristic Chondwe group pottery. Schematic rock paintings and lenticular grinding grooves are also attributed to the Early Iron Age. The evidence for prehistoric copper mining in the Copperbelt region is discussed and it is concluded tha…
Zambian rock paintings
Zambian rock painting sites are described and evaluated, emphasis being placed on recently discovered material and on evidence for the establishment of regional stylistic sequences. Rare naturalistic paintings, which are concentrated in the northern region, are attributed, like their counterparts elsewhere in southern and central Africa, to the Late Stone Age. The later sequence of schematic styles, between which and the naturalistic paintings so…
The Prehistoric Succession in Eastern Zambia
Fieldwork conducted in the Eastern Province of Zambia between 1965 and 1971 has yielded evidence for a succession of prehistoric industries extending from almost 40,000 years ago into recent times. This succession indicates the gradual emergence of the microlithic mode 5 technology of the 'Late Stone Age' from a 'Middle Stone Age' predecessor. Excavations at the Kalemba site, so far uncompleted, may be expected to extend the known sequence back i…
Iron Age History and Archaeology in Zambia
Developments since 1968 in the study of the Zambian Early Iron Age are discussed, with emphasis both on the Lubusi site near Kaoma, which provides the first dated occurrence of Early Iron Age artefacts from western Zambia, and on material from the Eastern Province, which is closely related to contemporary finds from Malawi. Knowledge of the post-Early Iron Age archaeology of Zambia has hitherto been largely restricted to the Southern Province; he…
The Early Iron Age in Eastern and Southern Africa
This article is a revised version of the text of a public lecture delivered by the Assistant Director of the B.I.E.A. at the University of Nairobi in April 1975, and at the British Academy, London, the following month. Two distinct streams are recognised in the spread of the Early Iron Age Industrial Complex into subequatorial Africa. They are here defined with particular emphasis on their chronology, material culture and food-producing economy. …
Archaeology and Bantu linguistics
The archaeological evidence for the spread and development of the Iron Age in eastern and southern Africa is re‐examined, and two distinct streams are recognized in the Early Iron Age Industrial Complex. The inception of the later Iron Age in most of this region is shown to have taken place around the eleventh century A.D., and a marked degree of similarity is noted in the later Iron Age industries from northern Zambia southwards. This picture is…
The Excavation of Gobedra Rock-shelter, Axum
The small-scale excavations at Gobedra have provided the first dated succession of later Stone Age industries in northern Ethiopia, extending from before 8000 b.c. down to historic times. Particular interest attaches to the level which is marked by the appearance of pottery, an event which probably took place in the fourth or third millennium b.c. This level has yielded seeds of cultivated finger millet (Eleusine coracana, which appear to be the …
Lowasera
This paper is the first report to be published of a programme of research into the later prehistory of northern Kenya which has been conducted by the Assistant Director of the British Institute in Eastern Africa since 1974. Excavations at Lowasera, near the south-east shore of Lake Turkana in northern Kenya, have revealed a long sequence of archaeological material relating to fishing settlements occupied during periods of high lake levels between…
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