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Title:Ancient Gold Working at Aksum
Author:Phillipson, LaurelISNI
Year:2006
Periodical:Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa (ISSN 1945-5534)
Volume:41
Pages:27-40
Language:English
Notes:biblio. refs., ills., maps
Geographic terms:Ethiopia
Northeast Africa
Subjects:archaeology
material culture
gold mining
Axum polity
Anthropology and Archaeology
History and Exploration
History, Archaeology
Aksum (Ethiopia)--History
Goldwork
External link:https://doi.org/10.1080/00672700609480433
Abstract:Functional, as opposed to formal and/or typological consideration of two of the more enigmatic types of Aksumite structures (a monolith known as 'Mistah Werki' - translating as a place where gold is washed or spread out - and two sets of rectangular stone vats, which would have served well for recovering gold from placer deposits or from crushed ore), together with a brief consideration of local place names and some topographic features, suggests that the lure of gold may have been a prime causative factor responsible for attracting diverse peoples to Aksum (Ethiopia), and for sustaining the early growth of Aksum's internationally significant civilization. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract, edited]
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