caa a22 4500 605448620 CHVBK 20210128100137.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10437-015-9184-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10437-015-9184-9 Mire Sada Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands aut Mapping the Archaeology of Somaliland: Religion, Art, Script, Time, Urbanism, Trade and Empire [Elektronische Daten] [Sada Mire] This paper presents the results of some of the surveys conducted to map archaeological sites of Somaliland and includes almost 100 new and previously unpublished sites. The survey work was conducted by several of Somaliland's Department of Archaeology staff, including Mohamed Ali Abdi, a Departmental survey officer, and the present author. This report is an archaeological testimony to the social complexity and cultural diversity of this region as a cultural crossroads for millennia, being strategically located on the Red Sea and Indian Ocean. However, the maps by no means exhaust the number of archaeological sites known to us in Somaliland. The region had vast Cushitic, pre-Christian and pre-Islamic Empires that at times formed part of the Himyarite and Sabaean cultures of Southern Arabia, the Aksumite Empire and early Islamic Empires of the Horn of Africa. The coastal populations were active seafarers according to Greek records as well as archaeological remains, linking to the Phoenician and Graeco-Roman worlds. They also formed part of an early global economy including the Silk Road. Islamic Empires of the Horn of Africa show an enormous wealth of long-distance trade—including material from Tang Dynasty to Ming Dynasty China—and the magnitude of some of their capitals such as the ruined town and burials of Aw-Barkhadle. The Author(s), 2015 Mapping nationallicence Survey nationallicence Rock art nationallicence Religion nationallicence Pastoralism nationallicence Ruined towns nationallicence Time nationallicence Trade nationallicence Islamic Empires of the Horn of Africa nationallicence Community archaeology nationallicence Somalia nationallicence Somaliland nationallicence African Archaeological Review Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 32/1(2015-03-01), 111-136 0263-0338 32:1<111 2015 32 10437 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10437-015-9184-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10437-015-9184-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Mire Sada Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- African Archaeological Review Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 32/1(2015-03-01), 111-136 0263-0338 32:1<111 2015 32 10437