The pottery from the site of Wakarida
2020, 29, No. 1
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Abstract
Excavations carried out between 2012 and 2013 at Wakarida in northeastern Tigray uncovered a huge quantity of pottery distributed across the different levels identified at the site. The different pottery assemblages collected from the site are presented in this contribution, proposing a periodization of the occupation of Wakarida city into two main units: Period I (subdivided into successive phases IA and IB) and Period II. Pottery comparisons and 14C dating provide the grounds for dating the two assemblages.
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