Research and community service

The Department runs two Thematic Research Projects:

  1. Salvaging the landscape and Memories of the Historic Salt Trade in the Afar Region
  2. Rescue of the Landscape and Cultural and Historical Heritages in the Welqayt/ Mezega Lowlands

(Under AlemsegedBeldados)

AlemsegedBeldados, Randi Haaland and Anwar Abdel Majid, 2007.“New Perspectives on the Agordat material, Eritrea: A re-examination of the Archaeological Material in the National Museum, Khartoum”, Journal of African Archaeologists, NyameAkuma, No. 68.

AlemsegedBeldados, 2010. “An Analysis of the Regional Dimensions of the Agordat Pottery based on Decoration Techniques and Patterns”, Journal of African Archaeologists, NyameAkuma, No. 73.

AlemsegedBeldados 2011. “Archaeology: the Profession and the Professionals

(Nature of the Profession Vs Ethical Issues and Responsibilities of the Professional)”.In Journal of Ethiopian Archaeologists and Paleontologists Association.No. 1.

Manzo Andrea, Coppa A. AlemsegedBeldados and Zoppi V. 2011.“Italian Archaeological Expedition to the Sudan of the University of Naples, ‘L’ Orientale’, 2010 Field Season”, on line Journal of the University of Naples, L’Orientale, Italy.

AlemsegedBeldados and Lorenzo Costantini 2011.“Sorghum Exploitation at Kassala and its Environs, Northeastern Sudan in the second and first millennium BC”, Journal of African Archaeologists, NyameAkuma, No. 75.

Manzo Andrea, AlemsegedBeldados, Marco Barbarino, ValentinaPerna and Vincenzo Zoppi 2013.“Italian Archaeological Expedition to the Sudan of the University of Naples, ‘L’ Orientale’, 2013 Field Season”, on line Journal of the University of Naples, L’Orientale, Italy.

Book Chapters

MetasebiaBekele, Yonas Beyene, AlemsegedBeldados, YarichoYaya, AlemuNebebe, HabteMengistu, AdisalemMelese, MulunehTefera and WondimuUto. 2014.

“Archaeological, ethno-botanical and historical Research at Nagassa, Gamo-Gofa Zone, Ethiopia”, in Recent Archaeological Findings from South Ethiopia, Published by Association for Research and Conservation of Culture, Hawassa, Ethiopia.

Yonas Beyene, MetasebiaBekele, AlemsegedBeldados, AdisalemMelese, AlemuNebebe, Tadele Solomon. 2014. “Archaeological Research at Azga-Bodo rock art site, Kambata-Tembaro Zone, Ethiopia”, in Recent Archaeological Findings from South Ethiopia, Published by Association for Research and Conservation of Culture, Hawassa, Ethiopia.

Yonas Beyene, MetasebiaBekele, AlemsegedBeldados, AlemuNebebe. 2014. “Archaeological Research at Aroresa rock art site, Sidama Zone, Ethiopia”, in Recent Archaeological Findings from South Ethiopia, Published by Association for Research and Conservation of Culture, Hawassa, Ethiopia.

Books edited

MetasebiaBekele, Yonas Beyene and AlemsegedBeldados 2014.Recent Archaeological Findings from South Ethiopia, Published by Association for Research and Conservation of Culture, Hawassa, Ethiopia.